Keywords: Potentially fatal, latex allergy, gloves, anaphylactic shock, natural rubber, career-ending,

MoD pays £260,000 to latex allergy sufferer

Prosecutions and Claims |
01.08.2006

A former RAF sergeant who developed a career-ending and potentially fatal latex allergy has settled out of court for £260,000 compensation from her employer.

Lisa Furphy had to be invalided out of the RAF in 2004 after years of exposure to latex powdered gloves in her work as a dental ...

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