The former top brass and managers
of Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Lancia were cleared again on appeal
Monday of responsibility in the deaths of 15 workers who died of
asbestos-linked tumours after exposure at the Alfa plant at
Arese.
The appeals judges confirmed the acquittals of former Fiat
Auto CEO Paolo Cantarella, former Fiat president Giorgio
Garuzzo, former Lancia Industriale president Pietro Fusaro
and another two former Alfa CEOs.
The case has dragged on for years.
Among the others indicted was ex-Alfa chief executive
Vincenzo Moro.
All the former top Fiat executives, active in the 1990s, were
facing multiple manslaughter charges.
The Alfa Romeo plant in Arese is located in the northwestern
periphery of Milan
The prosecution claimed the workers's deaths, which took
place from the year 2000 onward, were due to asbestos they
inhaled due to allegedly inadequate protection in the 1980s and
early 1990s.
photo: Cantarella in archive pic
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