South Bend & the Michiana North Asbestos Exposure — Indiana

South Bend & the Michiana North, Indiana — documented asbestos exposure sites, the county Circuit or Superior Court venue, and Indiana's two-year filing deadline for mesothelioma and asbestos-cancer claims.

Defined by the South Bend–Elkhart market — the Studebaker and Bendix manufacturing north.

1 documented exposure sites

1 counties

South Bend and the Michiana north are Studebaker and Bendix country — the automobile works, the Bendix brake and aviation plants, the Oliver farm-equipment works, and the Uniroyal (Ball Band) rubber plant at Mishawaka. Foundry, forge, and process work of this kind reportedly ran on asbestos-containing materials for most of the century.

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.

Counties & venues in this metro

St. Joseph CountySt. Joseph Superior Court

Documented Asbestos Exposure Sites · 1

Every documented facility across South Bend & the Michiana North Asbestos Exposure — Indiana, each linked to its full exposure report.

Studebaker Corporation South Bend Assembly South Bend Indiana

South Bendgeneral industrial

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Time-sensitive — Indiana statute of limitations

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. A free case review can confirm the deadline and the correct venue.

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