Stark County Asbestos Exposure

Stark County, Ohio — documented asbestos exposure sites, the county Court of Common Pleas venue, and Ohio's two-year filing deadline for mesothelioma and asbestos-cancer claims.

Venue Asbestos claims from Stark County are filed in the Stark County Court of Common Pleas, seated in Canton.

4 documented exposure sites

2 communities

Stark County — Canton and North Canton — carried the Timken steel-and-bearing works, the Hoover plant, and the Republic Steel Massillon operations, where furnaces, rolling mills, and process systems reportedly relied on asbestos-containing materials.

Ohio asbestos cases are filed in the Court of Common Pleas of the county of proper venue — there is no single statewide asbestos court, though Cuyahoga County (Cleveland) has historically carried Ohio’s largest asbestos docket. Ohio allows two years from a mesothelioma or asbestos-cancer diagnosis to file (Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.10), and two years from the date of death for a wrongful-death claim (§ 2125.02).

Communities in Stark County

Canton North Canton

Documented Asbestos Exposure Sites · 4

Every documented facility across Stark County Asbestos Exposure, each linked to its full exposure report.

Timken Steel Canton Ohio

Cantonsteel mill

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Metallus Harrison Steel Plant

Cantonsteel mill

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Hoover Company — North Canton Vacuum Cleaner Plant (Phenolic End User) North Canton Ohio

North Cantonphenolic resin

Full exposure report ›

Hoover Company North Canton Vacuum Plant North Canton Ohio

North Cantongeneral industrial

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Time-sensitive — Ohio statute of limitations

Ohio allows two years from a mesothelioma or asbestos-cancer diagnosis (Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.10), and two years from the date of death for a wrongful-death claim (§ 2125.02), to file. A free case review can confirm the deadline and the correct venue.

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