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Article: NSW:Former Cockatoo Dockyard workers can sue over asbestos

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April 5, 2001
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AAP General News (Australia)
04-05-2001
NSW:Former Cockatoo Dockyard workers can sue over asbestos

SYDNEY, April 5 AAP - Hundreds of former Cockatoo Dockyard workers will be able to
sue for asbestos-related diseases after a decision in the New South Wales Court of Appeal
today.

The state's highest court dismissed an appeal by Cockatoo Dockyard Pty Ltd against
compensation awarded to a man who died from mesothelioma in July 1999.

David Browne, who was in his 70s, died 10 days after being awarded $167,660.

He was employed at the dockyard as a fitter from mid-1948 to January 1950, where he
worked with asbestos materials, and was exposed to asbestos and other dusts in the turbine
shop and ...

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