In San Francisco, a jury rewarded a family who lost a member of a family (who was a plant worker), $3 400 000 in a long asbestos lawsuit.
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A woman who successfully sued those responsible for her mesothelioma cancer died on October 15th after a long lasting struggle with the asbestos related disease.
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After a five year battle, many families in the UK have finally discovered that they will be compensated in a number of months.
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South African mine workers have won some 490m rand (£37.6m; $60.3m) in compensation for having been exposed to asbestos in the largest settlement in the country's history.
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THE $1.8 billion fund set up by James Hardie to pay for thousands of asbestos victims is about to run out of money, allowing the corporate giant to delay payments to the dying.
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