| Widow launches legal bid
A GRIEVING widow has launched a legal battle for £200,000 compensation after her husband died from an asbestos-related cancer. Leslie Newman died last summer and his widow Hazel is claiming damages from Huntingdonshire District Council, which she blames for his illness and death. Mr Newman was exposed to deadly asbestos dust and fibres when he worked at the council between 1974 and 1977. He was diagnosed with cancer in November 2004 and died from malignant mesothelioma, a cancer of the tissues surrounding his lungs and abdomen, on June 23 2005. Mrs Newman, of Leys Road, St Neots, brands the council negligent and in a breach of statutory duty by exposing her husband to asbestos. She has brought he claims to London's High Court under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 and the Law Reform Act 1934.
Asbestos: Armley's Mesothelioma sufferers offered 17% of due ...
Asbestos victims who suffered from the deadly asbestos cancer mesothelioma though working in or proximity to a Leeds factory will receive just 17p in the pound of compensation awarded by the courts if they accept a "final" settlement from the factory's owners. The J W Roberts factory in Armley spewed out deadly asbestos dust for decades before closing in 1958 with the dust affected not only hundreds of workers, but also their families and people who lived around the site. Hundreds of victims contracted asbestos-linked lung cancer mesothelioma, creating what came to be known as the Armley asbestos tragedy after the Yorkshire Evening Post exposed the scandal in the late 1980s. Mesothelioma is incurable and victims usually die within three years of diagnosis. A ground-breaking court action against the factory's US owners, Turner Newall, by Leeds cancer victim June Hancock in the 1990s resulted in a compensation award which was seen as a precedent for hundreds of victims.
Thyssen Krupp May Build American Steelworks If Dofasco Deal Dies
Dofasco is controlled by Arcelor, the company taken over by Indian steel baron Lakshmi Mittal to form the world's biggest steel group. Thyssen Krupp, which seeks to expand in North America, asserts it has a binding contract to buy Dofasco. A spokesman said opportunities to build a new mill were being reviewed and declined comment on remarks by Arcelor chief financial officer Gonzalo Urquijo that a sale of Dofasco to Thyssen Krupp was no longer possible. In Luxembourg, Urquijo told reporters, "We'll keep Dofasco, because it can't be sold." Dofasco's shares are controlled by a Dutch trust. Mittal Steel's chief financial officer Aditya Mittal, son of the baron, added that Mittal has no obligations to Thyssen Krupp. 2006 DPA .
DWP announces mesothelioma compensation system
John Hutton today gave details of how the system for compensating sufferers of mesothelioma, the debilitating form of lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, would be improved and speeded up. After working with key stakeholders, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions said interim measures to speed up current claims would be put into action and he was determined to put in place a long-term solution. I am committed to ensuring sufferers of this awful disease, which progresses so rapidly from the time of diagnosis, will get compensation before they die, said Mr Hutton. There are a series of measures we... To continue reading this story please register for free breaking news from http://www.postmagazine.co.uk Username: Password: Remember me .
Mestothelioma Cancer
Winnick died Saturday at a hospice in Manhasset, on Long Island. The cause of death was mesothelioma, a type of lung cancer that his daughter Pamela Winnick attributed to exposure to asbestos when he worked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard during World War II. Winnick was born in Romania and came to Brooklyn when he was 1. He graduated from Brooklyn College and earned a graduate degree in economics at Columbia University. He worked for the New York City Planning Commission and the Housing and Redevelopment Board before joining the Ford Foundation in 1962. He served as deputy vice president in the national affairs division from 1968 to 1986. Winnick played a major role in the foundation\'s effort to channel resources into housing, community renewal and minority enterprise following the turbulence of the late 1960s.
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