Bell Helicopter ordered to pay $8.8 million to former engineer exposed to asbestos
A Dallas jury awarded $8.8 million to the family of a former Bell Helicopter employee who died from mesothelioma tied to workplace asbestos exposure.
Billy Dickson was routinely exposed to asbestos during his 38 years as a mechanical engineer at Bell’s plant in Hurst, according to the suit. Dickson died from mesothelioma, a type of cancer often linked to asbestos exposure, at the age of 74 in 2013.
The prosecution claimed that Bell knew it was exposing workers to dangerous asbestos levels in 1955, including levels up to 200 times the government-approved threshold, but failed to act until the 1970s. Dickson began working at the plant in 1963.
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