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Mesothelioma-Healing.com is a site designed for those who are afflicted and those whos loved one may be diagnosed with mesothelioma. The aim is to provide information that will best help someone help the one who is diagnosed with this deadly disease. Mesothelioma is a fatal cancer disease, it is best to know and understand what it is so that you may better act upon it. Ignorance is an obstacle to actions. This site provides sections that are designed to provide you with up to date information on mesothelioma. Mesothelioma-Healing also has sections that discusses the relationship between mesothelioma and asbestos and current research on mesothelioma. This website also provides legal information that helps those who may be seeking compensation and reimbursement of expensive medical expenses that may go along with mesothelioma.
Asbestos sufferers set to win fair play
The Government moved last night to overturn a House of Lords decision on compensation for asbestos-related deaths. Legal affairs minister Bridget Prentice outlined amendments to the Compensation Bill to reverse the effects of the Barker v Corus judgment in mesothelioma cases. She said: "I recognise that this is an exceptional step - but I believe that it is justified in the exceptional circumstances that apply here." Law lords ruled that workers exposed to asbestos dust by several employers must seek compensation from each. Since 2002, sufferers had been able to seek full compensation without proving which employer had caused the exposure. .
I still want lung damage payout
A grandfather is among dozens of people in the area struck down by asbestos-related illnesses waiting on a landmark High Court ruling to see if they will be able to receive thousands of pounds in compensation.David Brown, 58, suffers from pleural plaques, a condition which means his lungs are lined with patches of asbestos.Up until seven months ago Mr Brown, who was exposed to asbestos when he worked as plumber at a number of companies in the city for 30 years and is now a bus driver, would have been liable to receive up to £10,000 in compensation.However, earlier this year Norwich Union successfully argued in the High Court that while pleural plaques showed a person had been exposed to asbestos, it did not mean they were suffering from any disease and therefore people could not make a claim.
Jury Awards Shipyard Worker's Widow $10M
A jury awarded $10.4 million to the widow of a former shipyard worker who died of lung cancer after four years of working with materials that contained asbestos. The Newport News Circuit Court verdict in Wanda Jones' wrongful death lawsuit against three companies that manufactured the materials was handed down Wednesday, the first anniversary of the death of 60-year-old Buddy Jones. "It's a mixed day," Wanda Jones said. "At least there's been some justice and recognition for what he went through, certainly through no fault of his own. He just went to work and did what he was trained to do on the job." Her attorney, Robert Hatten, called the verdict a landmark because one-third of the judgment will come from John Crane Inc., which has refused to settle other asbestos cases.
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