Mar
3
Workers in Britain win test case
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Factory workers in Great Britain recently won a test case involving a condition called “pleural plaques”. While not as deadly as mesothelioma, in case be a precursor. If the workers had lost the case, payments totally 25 million pounds would have stopped.
The insurance companies had tried to persuade the court they should not have to pay compensation to people with the condition. But those diagnosed with pleural plaques are at a far greater risk of contracting one of the many terminal illnesses associated with asbestos, such as mesothelioma, a terminal cancer of the lining of the lungs. They say the plaques cause acute anxiety, and feel they are living with a “timebomb”.