Marion County — Indianapolis — carried the Allison (GM) engine works, the rail yards, the pharmaceutical and metal plants, and the utility stations of the capital. These operations reportedly relied on asbestos insulation and process materials for most of the twentieth century, and Marion County has historically carried Indiana’s largest asbestos docket.
Indiana allows two years from a mesothelioma or asbestos-cancer diagnosis to file a personal-injury claim (Ind. Code § 34-11-2-4), and two years from the date of death for a wrongful-death claim (§ 34-23-1-1). Indiana has no statute of repose for asbestos cases — the Indiana Supreme Court struck down the ten-year manufacturing cutoff in Myers v. Crouse-Hinds (2016) — so a claim is not barred by how long ago the exposure occurred. Cases are filed in the county Circuit or Superior Court of proper venue; Indiana has no statewide asbestos MDL.