Electrician Family Obtains $2.3M Settlement

The family of an electrician and construction subcontractor who died from mesothelioma recently settled an asbestos lawsuit against six defendant corporations for $2.3 million.

Charlie Piazza was diagnosed with mesothelioma in March 2005 and died six weeks later. Piazza, who was 62 at the time of his death, worked as an electrician and subcontractor in the Santa Clara area of California for more than four decades.

In the family’s lawsuit, the six defendants were accused of failing to warn Piazza of the dangers associated with asbestos exposure and of failing to protect him from such exposure.

Defendants named in the case included Georgia-Pacific Corp., Union Carbide Corp., Kelly-Moore Paint Co. Inc., Kaiser Gypsum Co. Inc., Hamilton Materials Inc., and CertainTeed Corp.

The parties reached a settlement agreement in late April just one day prior to the trial date. Piazza family attorneys called the settlement “significant” and said they hoped it would help them to “move forward with their lives.”

(Source: Insurance News Net)

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