|
|
Article: 'WORK CLOTHES KILLED MY MUM'.
- Article from:
- Sunderland Echo (Pennywell, England)
- Article date:
- October 28, 2006
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2006 Johnston Publishing Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
A DAUGHTER who claims her mother died from an asbestos-related disease after washing contaminated overalls, has launched a battle for [pounds sterling]100,000 compensation.
Alice Watt died aged 77 from an asbestos-related malignant mesothelioma - cancer of the tissues surrounding her abdomen or lungs.
It is alleged she developed it after shaking out her husband's asbestos-covered overalls when he returned from work as a shipbuilder.
Now Mrs Watt's daughter Julie Watt, of Brunswick Road, Town End Farm, is suing her father's employers, Appledore Shipbuilders, of Dorchester in Dorset, who she blames for her mother's death.
Mrs Watt died on ...