http://www.injurywatch.co.uk daily 1 2006-03-02T02:25:44Z http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/road-traffic-accidents/mod-admits-liability-in-asbestos-cancer-hug-case-2127653 The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to compensate a Plymouth woman who said she developed an asbestos-related cancer from hugging her father. No publisher murdom asbestos news 2007-02-21T06:55:42Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-illness/asbestos/access-to-asbestos-cancer-drug-to-be-reviewed-by-nice NHS drugs advisors are to reconsider their decision to block a drug for people with asbestos-related cancer. No publisher murdom asbestos news medical health 2006-12-21T13:11:03Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-illness/asbestos/scottish-mesothelioma-sufferers-can-lodge-claims-before-asbestos-bill-becomes-law-14126657 Sufferers of an asbestos-related cancer will be able to lodge compensation claims from next week, even though a bill allowing the move is not yet law. No publisher conradm asbestos news workplace and environmental illness 2006-12-14T07:18:19Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-illness/asbestos/man-gets-asbestos-cancer-mesothelioma-from-sitting-on-stepfather-s-knee-14126639 The widow of a man who died from an asbestos-related cancer has won compensation from the former employer of her late husband's stepfather. No publisher conradm asbestos news workplace and environmental illness 2006-12-14T06:55:01Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-illness/maidstone-widow-seeks-information-and-compensation-over-husband-s-asbestos-cancer-29116729 The family of a man who died from asbestos-induced cancer are to take legal action against the company he worked for 40 years ago. No publisher murdom asbestos news 2006-11-29T07:32:13Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-illness/halifax-widow-claims-compensation-for-husband-s-mesothelioma-death-29116721 A widow is claiming more than £300,000 damages after her husband died from asbestos exposure while working for the family firm of a former Calderdale Council leader. No publisher murdom asbestos news workplace and environmental illness 2006-11-29T07:26:59Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-illness/asbestos/former-asbestos-worker-in-cancer-compensation-battle-25116536 A man who is suffering from terminal cancer has launched a legal battle for compensation of up to £250,000. No publisher murdom asbestos news workplace and environmental illness 2006-11-25T05:38:40Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-illness/asbestos/headmaster-did-not-warn-of-school-brown-asbestos-danger-221161031 A court has heard claims a headmaster exposed his school to potentially deadly asbestos. No publisher murdom asbestos news health and safety news workplace and environmental illness 2006-11-22T10:45:40Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-illness/asbestos/widow-seeks-information-about-defunct-stratford-transport-firm-to-help-secure-mesothelioma-compensation-181161139 The widow of a man who died from asbestos cancer is urgently seeking his former colleagues to help her secure compensation for his death. No publisher murdom asbestos news workplace and environmental illness 2006-11-18T11:45:53Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-illness/asbestos/widow-sues-after-james-bond-movie-set-painter-succumbs-to-mesothelioma-181161134 The wife of a British man who painted sets for James Bond movies in the 1960s and 1970s is suing Rank Film Productions for damages. No publisher murdom asbestos news workplace and environmental illness 2006-11-18T11:37:04Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-illness/asbestos/family-wins-long-compensation-battle-in-mesothelioma-case-181161112 A Preston family have won a lengthy legal battle against two of the county's biggest employers to prove their father was negligently exposed to asbestos dust. No publisher murdom asbestos news workplace and environmental illness 2006-11-18T11:19:06Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-illness/asbestos/lloyd-s-offloads-asbestos-claims-company-to-warren-buffett-22106543 Waren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to take control of Equitas, the firm set up by the Lloyd's insurance market to handle billions of pounds in asbestos claims. No publisher murdom asbestos news workplace and environmental illness 2006-10-22T05:02:53Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-illness/asbestos/teachers-warned-of-asbestos-drawing-pin-danger-in-schools-1696519 Unions in the north of England have warned that teachers are contracting fatal asbestos cancers by putting children's work up on walls using drawing pins. No publisher murdom asbestos news workplace and environmental illness incidents at schools and colleges 2006-09-16T04:25:14Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-illness/asbestos/a3116-000-for-teacher-s-mesothelioma-death-1696508 The relatives of Tameside teacher John Murphy, killed as a result of exposure to asbestos in his classroom, have received compensation. No publisher murdom asbestos news compensation news 2006-09-16T04:13:24Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-illness/asbestos/record-uk-payout-in-mesothelioma-case-1396512 A carpenter suffering from mesothelioma, the asbestos-related disease, has won agreed damages of £400,000 from his former employer. No publisher murdom asbestos news workplace and environmental illness 2006-09-13T04:17:50Z News Item