At the Berkshire Civic Center on Dec. 1, 2009, an inquest heard that the death of Leonard Large, an engineer from Southcote, Reading, England, was linked to exposure to asbestos, getreading reports.
Mr. Large suffered a heart attack in January 2008,…
Terence Clare, a retired electrician from Pontesbury, England, filed a lawsuit against his former employer, HM Prison Service for asbestos-related damages, The Shropshire Star reports.
The 73-year-old Mr. Clare launched the legal battle for compensation of up to GBP150,000. He has…
The Ministry of Defence agreed to pay Alan Cox, an 85-year-old dockyard worker from Weston, Bath, England, GBP65,000 in an out- of-court-settlement for Mr. Cox’s asbestos-related injuries, The Bath Chronicle reports.
Mr. Cox was diagnosed with asbestosis in 2007 after suffering…
Waxport Ltd was fined for failing to conduct proper assessments for the presence of asbestos before a major office refurbishment in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, according to a Health and Safety Executive press release dated Dec. 8, 2009.
Waxport Ltd of Mottingham…
The family of Dudley Maasz, a worker from Plymouth, Devon, England, received GBP98,000 in asbestos compensation from BRB (Residuary) Limited, the named given for British Rail, in an out- of-court settlement, The Herald reports.
Mr. Maasz worked for Great Western Railways…
An inquest heard that the death of 61-year-old Joseph Kehoe, a former lagger, was linked to workplace exposure to asbestos, the Evening Post reports.
Mr. Kehow, of Diseworth Grove, The Meadows, died on Nov. 1, 2009 of heart failure caused by…
An inquest heard that the death of 77-year-old Evelyn Boxall, of Horley, Surrey, England, was linked to workplace exposure to asbestos, Asbestos.Net reports.
Ms. Boxall had been diagnosed with mesothelioma after years of soldering airplane radios in a plant where she…
An inquest heard that the death of 62-year-old Anthony Stone, a construction worker from Newark, Nottinghamshire, England, was linked to workplace exposure to asbestos, the Evening Post reports.
Mr. Stone, from Gainsborough Road, Langford, near Newark, died at home on Nov.…
An inquest at the Trowbridge Town Hall heard that the death of 72-year-old plumber, John Middleton, was linked to workplace exposure to asbestos, ContractorsCompare.com reports.
ThisisWiltshire.co.uk reported that Mr. Middleton died in August 2009 after being diagnosed with mesothelioma. At the…
The family of an unnamed school cleaner, who had worked at Welling Secondary School in Kent, England, was awarded GBP110,000 in asbestos-related compensation, FMworld reports.
The woman was diagnosed with mesothelioma in March 2008 and died in June 2008 at the…