Iowa Court of Appeals: Asbestos Cases

Our case-law library holds 6 asbestos decisions from the Iowa Court of Appeals (2008–2024). Each links to our summary and the full opinion.

• State: Iowa
• Kind of court: State appeals court

Decisions

• Beverage v. Alcoa, Inc. (2024). The Iowa Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment for Alcoa on the Beverage family's premises-liability claim and remanded for the district court to apply the unmodified land possessor-entrant duty of care; Alcoa lost and the family won.
• Fankhauser v. Honeywell International, Inc. (2022). The Iowa Court of Appeals reversed the district court's summary judgment for Honeywell and Abex and remanded, so the Fankhausers' claims over Paul's mesothelioma can go forward.
• Fankhauser v. Honeywell International, Inc. (2022). The Iowa Court of Appeals reversed the district court's summary judgment for Honeywell and Pneumo Abex, ruling for the Fankhausers, because the district court misread Iowa Code section 686B.7(5).
• Beverage v. Alcoa, Inc. (2021). The Iowa Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment for Alcoa and Iowa-Illinois Taylor Insulation, holding the Beverage estate and children's asbestos claims were barred by Iowa Code section 686B.7(5), and declined to reach an unpreserved due process claim.
• Kinseth v. WEIL-McLAIN Company (2017). The Iowa Court of Appeals reversed the jury verdict against Weil-McLain and remanded for a new trial because plaintiffs' counsel repeatedly violated limine rulings in closing argument, ordered McDonnell & Miller valves added to the verdict form, and affirmed on plaintiffs' cross-appeal.
• Fossen v. Midamerican Energy Company (2008). The Iowa Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment for MidAmerican Energy and Interstate Power and Light, holding they owed no duty of care to Ann Van Fossen, so Roger Van Fossen lost.