Philly school board signs off on $850K for teacher with asbestos-linked cancer

Sam Meirowitz, the lawyer who represents Lea DiRusso, said no amount of money can fix the fact that she has a fatal, asbestos-caused cancer.

Lea DiRusso, the Philadelphia teacher who worked in schools with known asbestos problems, will receive an $850,000 settlement from the city school district. DiRusso, 51, has mesothelioma, an asbestos-linked cancer. — Lea DiRusso, the Philadelphia teacher who worked in schools with known asbestos problems, will receive an $850,000 settlement from the city school district. DiRusso, 51, has mesothelioma, an asbestos-linked cancer.Read moreJESSICA GRIFFIN / Staff Photographer

by Kristen A. Graham and Wendy Ruderman

Published Feb. 27, 2020, 9:40 p.m. ET

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