Margaret Lawson of Sydney, Australia, on April 13, 2009, was
posthumously awarded AUD500,000 from James Hardie Industries
N.V. after the Court of Appeal upheld an award by the Dust
Diseases Tribunal for AUD350,000 in compensation and nearly
AUD200,000 as a…
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