Keywords: asbestos, mesothelioma, industrial disease, clothing, death,

MoD admits liability for 'mesothelioma hugs'

Prosecutions and Claims |
01.04.2007

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has admitted liability after docker's daughter Debra Brewer claimed that the asbestos dust her father brought home on his clothes caused her cancer. The amount of compensation is still to be agreed but Brewer's solicitor, John Messham, told HSW that he would be " ...

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