Lord Justice Moses of London’s civil appeal court, on Sept. 22, 2009, heard that Dianne Willmore’s test asbestos case may open the floodgates to thousands of compensation claims for asbestos- related cancers, The Mirror reports.
The warning comes amid fears that…
The family of Frances Theobald, a former Swindon, England, factory worker, seeks Mrs. Theobald’s former work colleagues to come forward and help in their asbestos compensation claim, This is Wiltshire.co.uk reports.
Mrs. Theobald worked at Swindon’s now defunct Garrard Engineering and…
Morrison Construction Ltd workmen, on Sept. 17, 2009, uncovered asbestos during a major refurbishment at Kingussie High School, a Badenoch and Strathspey, England, school, the Strathspey & Badenoch Herald reports.
The workmen had started replacing 165 windows at Kingussie as part…
An inquest at the Wiltshire and Swindon Civic Offices, on Sept. 15, 2009, heard that the death of 58-year-old Linda Sinnett, of Eldene, Swindon, England, was linked to second-hand exposure to asbestos, the Swindon Advertiser reports.
Mrs. Sinnett was married to…
Alan Clark, of Hartlepool, England, left an emotional plea to the United Kingdom government to help pleural plaques sufferers, The Northern Echo reports.
Mr. Clark was diagnosed with pleural plaques in 2000, and was told he had six months to live…
An inquest heard that the death of 83-year-old Robert Hodgson, of Ulverston, Cumbria, England, was linked to exposure to asbestos, The Westmoreland Gazette reports.
Mr. Hodgson had worked in the printing department at Vickers plc shipyards in Barrow for 17 years…
An inquest heard that the death of Derrick Gould, a former head of the British National Space Centre, was linked to exposure to asbestos, the North-West Evening Mail reports.
Mr. Gould was born in Barrow, England, in 1936 and studied at…
More than GBP15,000 in penalties were handed out to three contractors who removed asbestos from a special school Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, without a license, the Yorkshire Post reports.
The firms were prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and…
Work to remove asbestos from five Housing Executive Homes, located at the Grosvenor Road in West Belfast, Northern Island, will be carried out in the week beginning Sept. 28, 2009, Andersontown News reports.
A Housing Executive spokeswoman said, “Asbestos containing material…
An inquest, held on Sept. 8, 2009, heard that the death of 66- year-old Brydon Phillips, who played for Cardiff City Football Club between 1958 and 1962, was linked to exposure to asbestos, WalesOnline.co.uk reports.
Coroner Alan Crickmore ruled that Mr.…