April 21, 2025|
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|8 months agoSwiss businessman sentenced in landmark Italian asbestos case
Former Eternit executive Stephan Schmidheiny receives 9.5-year prison sentence in Turin appeals court for involuntary manslaughter linked to asbestos deaths.
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- Stephan Schmidheiny was sentenced to 9.5 years in prison by Turin Court of Appeal
- The case involved 91 deaths related to asbestos exposure in Casale Monferrato
- Schmidheiny's Swiss Eternit Group was majority shareholder of Eternit Italy from 1976-1986
- Eternit Italy ceased operations in 1986, six years before asbestos ban in Italy
By The Numbers
392
Total deaths connected to the Novara Assize Court case
2000+
People who received compensation through humanitarian program
They Said
"For many of the contested charges, the acquittal was pronounced because the fact does not exist. This means that the structure built by the prosecution continues to collapse"
"The conviction does not erase the pain, but it does affirm a fundamental principle: people's lives and health come first"