Asbestos ruling may have wide implications for other negligence and product liability claims

• Author:
• Jessica Burt

In an unanimous judgment on Thursday 16 May, the House of Lords ruled in Fairchild -v- Glenhaven[1] that sufferers of mesothelioma, an asbestos-related disease, should be awarded compensation in cases where workers had been exposed to asbestos dust during employment by more than one employer, even where it could not be established which was to blame.

Mesothelioma, a form of cancer whose only known cause is asbestos dust, usually develops at least 10 years after a person's exposure.  There a... (1070 more words)

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