Alcoa Inc. can be sued for the asbestos-related death of a former worker’s daughter, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled recently.
According to an Associated Press story, Alcoa argued that it should not be held responsible for Amanda Satterfield’s mesothelioma, a rare cancer associated with asbestos. She died in 2005 at age 25.
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She originally sued the company in 2003, claiming that the asbestos dust her father brought home on his clothes had caused her cancer. Doug Satterfield has continued the lawsuit as the representative of his daughter’s estate. He hauled asbestos for the company in the 1970s.
The court ruled the employer had a duty to prevent others from being exposed to the asbestos-contaminated clothes of its workers.
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Justice William Koch wrote in the opinion: “In light of the magnitude of the potential harm from exposure to asbestos and the means available to prevent or reduce this harm, we see no reason to prevent carpool members, baby sitters, or the domestic help from pursuing negligence claims against an employer should they develop mesothelioma after being repeatedly and regularly in close contact with an employee’s asbestos-contaminated work clothes over an extended period of time.”
The Satterfield family is not the only family in America fighting the battle against mesothelioma, though she is among the youngest victims of this fatal disease.
Some medical researchers estimate that around the year 2015, there will be nearly 5,000 deaths related to mesothelioma and asbestos. These numbers are shocking, especially since many of these health issues and cases could have been avoided by first ensuring that their buildings and workplaces were asbestos free.
Because the cancer is fatal and no completely effective mesothelioma treatment exists to reduce the disease it may be important to develop litigation and potentially receive monetary compensation to pay for costly medical bills. An experienced mesothelioma lawyer is well trained successfully handling these types of cases and are usually good resources for other help in coping with the disease.
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