A MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIAN WHO HAS JUST 12 MONTHS T
A MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIAN WHO HAS JUST 12 MONTHS TO LIVE
AFTER CONTRACTING CANCER FROM DEADLY ASBESTOS PARTICLES WAS
AWARDED #28,000 DAMAGES IN THE HIGH COURT IN LONDON.
KENNETH AMBROSE, 56, OF ANTHONY DRIVE, STANFORD-LE-HOPE,
ESSEX, HAD OFTEN WORKED IN LOFT AREAS AND HAD HAD TO DRILL AND
CUT ASBESTOS CLADDING AND SHEETING.
HE CONTRACTED MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA, A TYPE OF LUNG
CANCER CAUSED BY ASBESTOS.
HE HAD WORKED FROM 1965 TO 1983 AT ILFORD LTD IN CHRISTOPHER
MARTIN ROAD, BASILDON, ESSEX, THE COURT HEARD, AND BEGAN TO
SUFFER FROM CHEST PAINS AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH IN FEBRUARY
1986.
ILFORD ADMITTED LIABILITY AND GREED TO PAY THE
#28,000 DAMAGES PLUS INTEREST AND COSTS.
THE COURT HEARD THAT MR
AMBROSE NOW HAS ONE YEAR TO LIVE.
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