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Tenn. court rules against Alcoa in asbestos suit

September 11, 2008

Alcoa Inc. can be sued for the asbestos-related death of a former worker’s daughter, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

The Pittsburgh-based company had argued that it should not be held responsible for Maryville resident Amanda Satterfield’s mesothelioma, a rare cancer associated with asbestos. She died in 2005 at age 25.

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 on Tuesday that the employer had a duty to prevent others from being exposed to the asbestos-contaminated clothes of its workers.

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