Asbestos / Mesothelioma Statistics in Kansas City
~80
Annual Mesothelioma Diagnoses (KC MSA)
2 years
SOL from Diagnosis
Railroad (Burlington Northern, Missouri Pacific), Ford/GM assembly, chemical plants
Key Exposure Industries
Jackson County Circuit Court / City of St. Louis (for higher verdicts)
Primary Litigation Venue
Courts in Kansas City, Missouri
Jackson County Circuit Court — Civil Division
415 E 12th St, Kansas City, MO 64106
Hospitals & Trauma Centers in Kansas City
University of Kansas Cancer Center — Thoracic Oncology (Kansas City campus)
4000 Cambridge St, Kansas City, KS 66160
Saint Luke's Cancer Institute — Thoracic Oncology
4401 Wornall Rd, Kansas City, MO 64111
Liability Considerations in Kansas City
Railroad and Industrial Asbestos Exposure in Kansas City
Kansas City sits at the nexus of America's railroad network — Union Pacific, BNSF, Norfolk Southern, and their predecessor railroads (Burlington Northern, Missouri Pacific, Kansas City Southern) all maintained major locomotive and car repair facilities in the area. Locomotive maintenance workers were exposed to asbestos boiler insulation and pipe lagging in confined locomotive cab environments. The Kansas City Ford Assembly Plant (now shuttered) and GM's Leeds Assembly Plant employed production and maintenance workers with asbestos brake pad and clutch exposure. Phillips Petroleum (now Phillips 66) and other companies operated Kansas City area refineries using asbestos pipe insulation throughout process systems.