Former employer ordered by court to pay workers who were forced to retire due to asbestos exposure.

A French court ordered the former employer of 17 workers forced to retire early because of asbestos exposure to pay compensation for lost earnings, according to Reuters on June 27, 2008.

The ruling could also encourage other affected workers who had put off seeking early retirement for financial reasons to now do so.

It also ordered the company to pay for stress and anxiety to the workers, none of whom has so far contracted an asbestos-related disease.

Sadly, as the lawyers in the Weitz & Luxenberg Asbestos Litigation unit have seen through their work, this is a common example of people who were exposed to carcinogens simply because the powers that be failed to have in place routine safety measures.

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