£77,000 compensation for pleural thickening

A former employee of a chemical company who was exposed to asbestos at work has received more than £77,000 compensation after he developed asbestos related pleural thickening. The condition left him suffering breathlessness and has forced him to give up his job working in an airport car parking service. He was exposed to asbestos working as a plant operator between 1979 and 1986. He often had to remove asbestos insulation from pipe work during routine maintenance.