Amelia “Mollie” Maggia is the brand new cousin of these two plaintiffs radium women Albina Maggia and you can Quinta Maggia. These were an element of the group of 7 girl belonging to Italian immigrants Antonietta Manzoni (Italy 1865-?) and you may Valerio Maggia (Italy 1860-1936) each other emigrated towards Us probably from the Piedmont area. Amelia, Quinta and you can Albina together with their around three sisters Louise (1892-1957), Clara (1894-1956) and you may Irma were all employed at the You Radium Agency. Each of them suffered individuals quantities of sickness because of radium painter impression. Irma’s looks is actually exhumed from the mid-20 th 100 years, she also had died away from disease (33).
The united states Radium Firm did not take on people responsibility but offered to shell out for every single lady $10,000 bucks and you may an insurance of $600 cash annually so long as she resided (19). In past times within the 1925 some other off judge suit is actually settled without responsibility getting $13,100000.