A closer look.
Patricia Baxter assesses the impact of recent court rulings on claimants with asbestos-related diseases, as the number of future cases looks likely to rise.
Claims arising from asbestos-related diseases have dogged theinsurance industry for many years and show no signs of abating. The latest
case hit the headlines in mid-December 2001 when the Court of Appeal
handed down a landmark ruling affecting claimants suffering from
asbestos-induced mesothelioma, caused from exposure to asbestos dust while
working for several employers - Fairchild v Waddington & Leeds City
Council.
The Court of Appeal ruled that, as the claimants could not prove which of
the
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