VIC:Mesothelioma sufferer awarded $1m payout

AAP General News (Australia)
08-30-2011
VIC:Mesothelioma sufferer awarded $1m payout

A mesothelioma sufferer, who was exposed to asbestos while visiting a James Hardie
factory nearly 40 years ago has been awarded more than one million dollar compensation
by a jury.

ERIC KING, who is now 62, worked as a machinist and fitter and in 1972 visited a James
Hardie factory in Western Australia, where he conducted maintenance on a machine in the
asbestos sheeting factory.

He visited the Welshpool factory on three occasions for several hours.

Mr KING was not warned about asbestos or given a mask.

A Victorian Supreme Court jury awarded Mr KING today one-point-one-five million dollars
after it found that James Hardie failed to take reasonable care to avoid Mr KING'S exposure
to asbestos and that this caused his mesothelioma.

AAP RTV df/mn/wz

KEYWORD: KING (MELBOURNE)

� 2011 AAP Information Services Pty Limited (AAP) or its Licensors.