Racine County — Racine — was a J.I. Case town, home to the tractor and farm-equipment works, the S.C. Johnson wax plant, and the InSinkErator and Massey works, foundry-and-forge operations that reportedly relied on asbestos-containing materials in their high-heat systems.
Wisconsin allows three years from a mesothelioma or asbestos-cancer diagnosis to file a personal-injury claim (Wis. Stat. § 893.54), with the clock starting when the disease is discovered or reasonably should have been. A wrongful-death claim runs three years from the date of death, which can open a new filing window. Cases are filed in the county Circuit Court of proper venue; Wisconsin has no statewide asbestos MDL, and Milwaukee County has historically carried the state’s largest asbestos docket.