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ASBESTOS LITIGATION: RAF Worker Gets GBP200,000 in Compensation An unidentified Royal Air Force (RAF) worker was recently awarded asbestos compensation of GBP200,000, Russell Jones & Walker reports. The man was diagnosed in the summer of 2007 with mesothelioma. He had been exposed to asbestos while working as a laborer's mate for one of the companies which subsequently became part of Cape firm. His role involved mixing asbestos to insulate boiler pipes. The man said, "It was a hard job but it paid well. I was only doing it for the summer before joining the RAF. I had no idea that it would lead to me becoming ill so many years later." The man said that he is glad the claim has been settled in his lifetime. Recently, the Mirror made a number of calls on the United Kingdom government over asbestos-related disease sufferers. For example, it said that those people who are unable to trace the insurers of the bosses responsible for exposing them to asbestos should receive "fair and equal" compensation. |
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