Former workers with asbestos illnesses win compensation from defunct company

Ex-workers and their families have won a multi-million dollar compensation windfall from a defunct asbestos producing company, reported the Shields Gazette on June 25, 2008.

The money was successfully obtained for those exposed to asbestos by the manufacturer.

But more than 100 former employees died while waiting the six years for justice.

The company was responsible for exposing thousands of its workers to asbestos dust, with many people later developing asbestos-related diseases, including mesothelioma cancer, asbestosis and lung cancer.

Documents from the company's board meetings revealed the company knew about the risk asbestos posed to their employees for decades, but did not do enough to protect them.

Unfortunately, many of the makers of asbestos and asbestos-containing products and the companies that marketed them to the public, knew all too well of the dangers to a person's health.

Our law firm has ample documentation of employers who allowed their workers to toil unprotected with asbestos, even after learning of the hazards.

Since 1986, our lawyers have dedicated themselves to helping those with mesothelioma and their families seek compensation for their illness

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