Families At Risk
Here’s another tragic example of how asbestos doesn’t just kill workers. It kills their families as well.
A 32 year-old man died less than a year after being diagnosed with mesothelioma. He was exposed to asbestos because, as a child, he used to sit on his stepfather’s lap. His stepfather was a scaffolder exposed in the late 1970s.
The man’s widow was awarded compensation after the Zurich insurance firm finally conceded negligence. Read more here.
Comments on this Post
Previous: Tort Deform
Next: Dead Last
