Satterfield v. Breeding Insulation Co.

Doug Satterfield (plaintiff) worked for years at an Alcoa (defendant) aluminum plant in daily contact with asbestos, and although Alcoa knew since the 1960s that asbestos carried home on workers' clothing endangered their families, it never warned Satterfield, never provided protective coveralls, never laundered employees' clothes, and discouraged on-site bathing. Satterfield's adult daughter, Amanda, developed mesothelioma allegedly from asbestos she was exposed to through her father's work clothes, and after she died at 25, her father (as her estate's representative) continued her negligence suit against Alcoa, which argued it owed Amanda no duty because it had no special relationship or affirmative obligation to her.