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Disease compensation claims ruled out

Dave Appleton
18/10/2007

ROCHDALE workers suffering from an asbestos-related disease will not be able to claim compensation, the Law Lords have ruled.

Lawyers were working on several Rochdale cases prior to the decision, which removes an established right to compensation for pleural plaques, a scarring of the lungs.


 

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   I bet that South African running around with TB gets compensation. Afer all he has probably never contributed to the health service unlike these asbesdos victims.
mandy40
18/10/2007 at 22:37
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