Lincoln County — North Platte and Sutherland — holds Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard, the largest rail classification yard in the world, and the NPPD Gerald Gentleman Station, the state’s largest coal-fired plant, where rail and power work reportedly relied on asbestos-containing insulation and materials throughout their operating lives.
Nebraska allows four years from a mesothelioma or asbestos-cancer diagnosis to file a claim, measured from discovery (Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-224, the asbestos discovery rule). Wrongful-death timing should be confirmed with counsel — the general wrongful-death statute (§ 30-810) sets two years from death, while § 25-224’s asbestos discovery provisions may apply. Cases are filed in the county District Court of proper venue; Nebraska has no statewide asbestos MDL.