Man Injured, But Not Disabled By Asbestos Illness Can Seek Medical Expenses

DES MOINES, Iowa - A non-disabled plaintiff seeking medical expenses for work-related injuries resulting from asbestos should not be required to show exactly when he was exposed to asbestos for purposes of determining his last injurious exposure to the fiber, a state court of appeals has ruled. Vokes v. American Home Products, et al., No. 02-1479 (Iowa Ct. of App.).

In an Oct. 15 decision reversing in part a denial of medical benefits to an American Home Products stationary engineer, the Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that application of the last injurious exposure rule doesn't require the plaintiff recall a …