Asbestos Related Illness
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The family of a man who died of an asbestos-related disease has secured a settlement of £57,500. John Scott, who was 76 when he died of mesothelioma, had worked as a foreman and electrician for the Atomic Energy Authority for almost forty years until...
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A pensioner who developed a deadly form of lung cancer decades after coming into contact with asbestos in the workplace has won a six-figure compensation settlement. The 72-year-old man worked as an engineer for a motor vehicle manufacturer between 1953 and...
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After a four-year legal battle, the seven sisters of a Plymouth woman killed by an asbestos-related disease have won a five-figure sum in damages from the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Beverley McKnight was diagnosed with mesothelioma, an asbestos-related...
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A former pipe fitter who worked for Michelin Tyre plc has been awarded £23,300 in compensation after he developed a respiratory disease from exposure to asbestos in the workplace. Roy Ibbs was employed by Michelin between 1969 and 1985, during which...
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The widow of a factory worker has won an interim settlement of £50,000 after her husband died of an asbestos-related disease. Alan Bickle, 58, worked for over 30 years for a cigarette filter manufacturer, until he was made redundant seven years ago....
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The widow of a man who died of lung cancer after exposure to asbestos at work has received £140,000 in compensation. The man worked as a fitter in the steel industry. Part of his job was to work on furnaces and pipes which were covered with asbestos...
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A gardener who developed a deadly asbestos-related disease has won £205,000 in compensation from his former employers. Mr Gaffney, 57, worked for the University of Liverpool during the 1980s looking after the grounds. He used to take his lunch breaks...
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A former employee of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been awarded £65,000 in damages after he developed asbestosis. Alan Cox, 85, worked in dockyards and on ships where he was repeatedly exposed to asbestos. This first occurred when he worked for...
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A grandfather who contracted an asbestos-related cancer has won £140,000 compensation, even though an initial attempt to trace the insurers of his former employers proved unsuccessful. Ronnie Cadwallader, 76, was exposed to asbestos when he worked as...
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A pensioner who developed an asbestos-related disease has won compensation for his illness. The man, who had worked for a variety of employers in the Cambridgeshire area, was exposed to asbestos at work on a daily basis. Despite this, he was neither offered...
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A man whose wife died of mesothelioma, a deadly cancer that attacks the lining of the lungs, heart or abdomen and is almost exclusively caused by exposure to asbestos, has won an undisclosed amount in compensation. June Probin, who was a trained nurse, knew...
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The family of a man who died in 2007 of an asbestos-related disease has won the right to compensation. The man used to work as a self-employed tailor but lack of business forced him to change his line of work in order to support his family. He took a job in...
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An electrician has received damages after he developed an asbestos-related disease as a result of being exposed to the deadly substance in the course of his work. Ken Morton, 70, developed asbestosis after a 45-year career as an electrician. He was exposed...
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A former dock worker who is dying of the asbestos-related disease mesothelioma has been awarded substantial compensation after a three day trial in the High Court. Ian Waite, 62, worked for the Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority, between 1972 and the late...
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The widow of a school teacher who died from mesothelioma as a result of exposure to asbestos in a school’s science laboratories has been awarded compensation. The unnamed man worked as a chemistry teacher at a school in East Sussex for 34 years. He...
