Asbestos victim's family settle lawsuit

The family of a Melbourne man who died of asbestos-related cancer has reached an out-of-court settlement with the operators of the notorious Wunderlich factory.

Wunderlich operators Seltsam Pty Ltd and the family of Samual Azzopardi, who died of mesothelioma in February 2016, settled out of court on Tuesday, a day after his widow's suit against the company began in the Victorian Supreme Court.

Maurice Blackburn asbestos lawyer Victoria Keays would not reveal details about the settlement but said the Azzopardi family is glad to finalise the matter.

"The Azzopardi family, including his wife Theresa and their four children, is pleased to have this matter behind them," she wrote in a statement to AAP.

Mr Azzopardi was aged 69 when he died of cancer allegedly caused by exposure to asbestos as a child.

Mr Azzopardi's father, Charlie, would come home covered in dust and fibres from his job at Wunderlich. The work involved cutting open bags of raw fibres, Michael Wilson QC told a Victorian Supreme Court on Monday.

His father worked at the factory between the 1950s and 1970s.

The court also heard Mr Azzopardi was allegedly exposed to asbestos a second time when he used concrete sheets purchased from Wunderlich to renovate his parents' bungalow.