Mechanics and Asbestos Risk: Court Tells Ford to Pay Ill Brake Worker

A court has found Ford breached its duty of care to a former mechanic employee by failing to warn him about the dangers of asbestos, reported ABC News on Feb. 20, 2008.

Advocates for asbestos victims are hoping the legal victory for brake mechanics and others who have worked with asbestos will send a strong message to the car industry about the known carcinogen.

The brake worker was an employee for Ford dealerships for 17 years in the 1970s and 80s, according to ABC article, which said he was diagnosed in 2001 with asbestosis and pleural disease due to asbestos exposure. Ford Motor Company was ordered to pay him $840,000 in damages.

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