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Article: Tuesday Law Report 25 June 2002: Mesothelioma sufferers able to claim damages from more than one employer
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 25, 2002
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Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd and others; Fox v
Spousal (Midlands) Ltd; Matthews v Associated Portland Cement
Manufacturers (1978) Ltd and others ([2002] UKHL 22)
House of Lords (Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Nicholls of
Birkenhead, Lord Hoffmann, Lord Hutton and Lord Rodger of Earlsferry)
20 June 2002
A CLAIMANT who had contracted mesothelioma by inhaling asbestos
dust in the course of more than one employment could claim damages
against all his employers, notwithstanding that he could not prove
which had been his employer when he contracted the disease.
The House of Lords allowed three appeals against a decision that
where a claimant suffered from mesothelioma as a result ...