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A New York jury ordered DaimlerChrysler AG, one of the world''s largest auto manufacturers, to pay $25 million in compensation to a former employee who lost his lung to mesothelioma, a fatal cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.

The supreme court jury found Chrysler liable for the severe injuries suffered by 73-year-old Alfred D''Ulisse, claiming the automaker acted with reckless disregard when they failed to warn employees of the serious health hazards associated with asbestos even though they knew of its dangers since the 1930s.

Asbestos Lawsuit

D''Ulisse was a brake reliner at a New York Chrysler from 1960 to 1981 where he frequently came into contact with high levels of asbestos—a group of toxic fibers linked to severe illness such as mesothelioma, lung cancer, asbestosis (chronic lung ailment), and other cancers.

Because asbestos has a latency period of up to 30 years, D''Ulisse was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2004. In an effort to battle the cancer, his right lung was surgically removed. However, D''Ulisse does not have a very positive prognosis.

After developing mesothelioma, D''Ulisse and his wife Margaret filed an asbestos lawsuit against his former employer to seek compensation for their losses and suffering. The lawsuit alleges that Chrysler was responsible for the plaintiff''s injuries because they failed to warn him of asbestos dangers.

Chrysler claims that the company''s products were not unsafe and the plaintiff''s injuries did not result from relining brakes. The jury, however, did not buy the automakers defense and ordered them to pay D''Ulisse $20 million for pain and suffering and his wife $5 million for her husband''s loss of society and services.

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