News for September 10th, 2009

Tennessee family settles with Alcoa following asbestos precedent

alcoa logoAlmost one year after the Tennessee Supreme Court made a precedent-setting decision related to asbestos exposure, the Satterfield family has settled with Alcoa Aluminum. The settlement puts to rest a six-year legal fight by Doug and Donna Satterfield on behalf of their daughter, Amanda, who died of mesothelioma in 2005 as a result of years of exposure to asbestos brought home on her father’s work clothes, from his job at Alcoa .

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