Pay-out for asbestos-related claims reaches almost a million

Two recent cases of workers being diagnosed with asbestos-related mesothelioma show record high award pay-outs of almost up to a million.

The judge awarded £948,565 to a shipyard worker who was diagnosed with mesothelioma (an asbestos-related cancer) and £74,000 to a Lancashire man who died from asbestos-related mesothelioma.

Both workers were directly exposed to asbestos at work and no precautions were taken by their employers to protect them from asbestos exposure which... (477 more words)

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