BLOUNT COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) -- A six year old lawsuit against Alcoa Aluminum by a former employee whose daughter died from an asbestos related cancer has now been settled.

It was a bittersweet victory for the Satterfield family who lost their daughter to Mesothelioma in 2005, two years after the case was filed.

The case centers around the family's claim that Doug Satterfield brought home asbestos from the plant where he worked and that's what caused her terminal disease.

They lost in Blount County but a landmark decision in the Tennessee Supreme Court opened the way to the settlement.

It's a tremendous load off our shoulders. We can move forward and get done some of the things that Amanda wanted to get done," says Doug Satterfield, Amanda's father.

A bittersweet victory for Doug and Donna Satterfield after a six year court battle with Alcoa Aluminum.

"Victory on Amanda's behalf for what she wanted done for employees but she had to die to make all this happen," says Donna Satterfield, Amanda's mother.

When Amanda Satterfield was diagnosed in her early 20's with Mesothelioma, a cancer connected to asbestos, Doug Satterfield knew her connection to the substance.

"I was the vehicle that brought it to her and there's no denying that," says Doug Satterfield.

Doug says he worked in asbestos at Alcoa and it was on his work clothes when he came home ever since Amanda was just a premature infant at the hospital.

They filed suit in 2003 but a Blount county judge ruled in favor of Alcoa citing the law applied to employees not family members.

"They considered this case to have no merit. Well, to me that was like it was saying Amanda had no merit," says Doug Satterfield.

An appellate court reversed the ruling, then in 2008, the Tennessee Supreme court went a step further.

"The Supreme Court said yes, you do have a duty not only to the family but to others," says Greg Coleman, the Satterfield's attorney.

Coleman says that decision led to the settlement that's now been reached.

"We're of course pleased that the lawsuit is finalized and now both parties can move forward," says Christy Newman, Alcoa Aluminum Community Relations Manager.

Despite the settlement, there's one thing the Satterfields couldn't be compensated for.

"Amanda is no longer here. I mean, you miss her everyday," says Doug Satterfield.

The suit has now been concluded except for a final order by the judge dismissing the case.

Meanwhile, the Satterfields say they stay busy with the Cancer Society and other causes that they're daughter began in the last two and a half years of her life.