Eternit, beffa infinita: la Cassazione dispone un nuovo processo d’appello di Schmidheiny

The Swiss entrepreneur Stephan Schmidheiny faces a new appeal trial for aggravated manslaughter related to asbestos victims. The Supreme Court ordered a second-degree trial for around sixty victims, while the statute of limitations was declared for twenty-five others. The prosecution's request to uphold a previous sentence of nine years and six months was denied. This case revisits the earlier appeal annulled due to the lack of a German translation of the original ruling from Turin, where Schmidheiny was convicted for deaths caused by asbestos exposure in Casale Monferrato. Schmidheiny managed the Eternit plant from 1976 to 1986 and is accused of causing the deaths of 91 individuals, with charges dropped for 300 others due to acquittals and statutes of limitations. A delegation from Afeva, representing asbestos victims' families, protested outside the Supreme Court in Rome awaiting the verdict.