Mesothelioma

Residue he claims sprouted the tumors that killed her more than twenty years later.

"That's hard enough right there, you're a part of your daughter's death," He said.

"There's no law like this in Tennessee whereby an employer has a duty to a non-employee household member," said Greg Coleman, Satterfield's attorney Alcoa used that argument to get a Blount County Court to rule it couldn't be sued, but Satterfield claims Alcoa knew at least five years before he started working there that asbestos exposure could harm workers families.

He says though the company knew the danger, they provided no warnings, protections, or remedies.

"I know a lot of people rolled it up in balls and threw it at each other," Satterfield said, "some people it affects" Given such claims, a Tennessee Appeals court says Alcoa should have understood that someone in close contact with the residue would have a "reasonably foreseeable probability of injury." That means that Satterfield can sue after all.

"Hopefully, people will realize from this that asbestos is dangerous," Satterfield said.

A spokesperson says only that Alcoa consid...

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