Maureen and James Ryan in happier times and the steel works at Port Talbot under construction in the 1950's Large numbers of steelworkers are coming forward to make asbestos-related health claims connected with their work at a number of steelw…
Maureen and James Ryan in happier times and the steel works at Port Talbot under construction in the 1950's Large numbers of steelworkers are coming forward to make asbestos-related health claims connected with their work at a number of steelw…
Almost all asbestos cancers are being missed by Spain’s official reporting system, a study has found, raising concerns that frequently terminally ill workers are also missing out on compensation. Almost all asbestos cancers are being missed by Spain’s …
A LIFE coach who overcame her own personal tragedy after losing her mother to an asbestos-related cancer is helping people conquer their crippling fears. Lorraine Maginnis, who is based in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, took the plunge to launch her own …
It has been more than 15 years since former Supreme Court Justice David Souter referred to asbestos litigation as an “elephantine mass,” the most massive of mass torts in America for decades.
The claims by NASUWT members included A 210,000 paid to a woman, 70, who has deadly mesothelioma from working in schools with asbestos ceiling tiles. One got A 178,000 after an attack by a pupil and another was awarded A 74,598 after tripping on a worn…
Teachers were awarded tens of millions of pounds in compensation last year after facing attacks from pupils, injuries and discrimination at school. One retired 70-year-old teacher from the East Midlands was awarded more than A 200,000 after being diagn…
THE son of an Athersley miner who died after being exposed to asbestos at work is trying to trace former colleagues who could provide vital information. Charles Gummerson, 88, died in 2013 and a post mortem revealed he had been suffering from mesotheli…
This is the 12th consecutive year the designation has been established in order to raise awareness of the dangers of exposure to asbestos, as well as the fact that the carcinogenic material has yet to be banned in the U.S. Senate Resolution 125 , spons…
Lesley Llewellyn is looking for ex-workmates and colleagues of her mum Joyce Hawley to help provide information about how her mum could have been exposed to asbestos dust while working at Edward Gorton Ltd on Manchester Road, Paddington. Joyce, from Br…
In BNSF Railway Company v. Superior Court , the California Court of Appeal, Second District, held a Delaware railroad corporation, with its principal place of business in Texas, was not subject to “general” personal jurisdiction in California, despite …
Workers have today presented a petition signed by over a thousand New Zealanders calling on the Government to ban the importation of asbestos and develop a comprehensive plan for the removal of all existing asbestos in New Zealand. “Asbestos is the big…
People with cancer linked to A asbestos exposure at work have been awarded A 25million by a government compensation fund. The Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme helps victims who cannot claim compensation as either their ex-employer or their employer’…
Inforgraphic from the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance. Asbestos, a fire retardant, is carcinogenic.
A former British Aerospace engineer who helped to build a prototype for Concorde is appealing to his former colleagues to come forward after he was diagnosed with mesothelioma. Stuart Cullen, 85, a father-of-two and grandfather-of-four, was diagnosed w…