A New Jersey widow, who recently settled for an undisclosed amount, spoke out about the death of her husband. According to court records, Randy Veraldo worked from 1978-85 as a parts handler at a Teterboro, N.J., warehouse. The job required him to unpack nautical clutch plates delivered on a near-daily basis from various suppliers. The clutch plates were said to contain asbestos, a mineral once widely used in the U.S. as a cheap insulating material but now known to cause.

Ms. Veraldo filed her lawsuit as the executrix of the estate of her late husband. He died in 2009, seven months after being diagnosed with periotoneal mesothelioma cancer.

An important takeway from this is the fact that someone who lost her loved one to a slow, but deadly disease found justice -- even after many years of exposure at work to asbestos.