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Wife Dies Washing Husband's Asbestos Covered Clothes


25th April 2006
Court OKs asbestos lawsuit Not a day goes by when Anthony Olivo doesn't wish that it was him, not his wife, who died as a result of asbestos. On Monday, the 85-year-old resident of Goucester, New Jersey, won a state Supreme Court decision which allows… more »

UK Families Fight Asbestos Appeal


15th March 2006
A north Wales widow awarded £152,000 for the death of her husband from asbestos exposure is being challenged over her right to the money. Sylvia Barker, 58, lost her husband Vernon to the asbestos-related lung disease mesothelioma in 1996. She is at th… more »
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UK Asbestos Compensation


27th February 2006
Lawyers are set to mount a bid to win compensation for thousands of workers who have been struck down by an asbestos-related health condition. If successful, solicitors believe up to £1bn could be paid to people with pleural plaques - scarring on the lu… more »