Australian Man Gains $2.75 Million Mesothelioma Settlement
The Australian
February 5, 2007
A Victorian man who today won a $2.75 million settlement from building materials manufacturer James Hardie labelled the company as cowards who had left him to die in the gutter.
Tim Lacone, 58, is dying from mesothelioma contracted when he used asbestos sheeting in building works at his property at Gruyere, east of Melbourne, between 1967 and 1974.
Mr. Lacone had sued the asbestos manufacturer Amaca, formerly James Hardie, and the product's distributor, Seltsam, formerly Wunderlich, for damages.
"James Hardie is a gutless, cowardly company that ran away from this country like a hit-and-run driver who ran away from maybe your loved one and left them dying a hideous death in the gutter," Mr Lacone said.
The defendants reached an out-of-court settlement with Mr Lacone after a Victorian Supreme Court jury heard he stood to make $50 million from a revolutionary water filtration system.
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