A complaint alleging that Alcoa products caused the mesothelioma of a Brazilian factory worker has been removed from the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas for further proceedings in a Brazilian court.
On Oct. 29, Judge R. Stanton Wettick ruled in Untura v. Alcoa that the public and private factors regarding expeditiousness and expense all favored Alcoa’s motion to have the court venue in Brazil. Wettick ordered Alcoa to submit jurisdiction to the Brazilian courts, and said the company cannot raise any statute-of-limitation defenses against any case the plaintiffs file within the next year.
