Johnston v NEI International Combustion

[2008] LS Law Med 01

HOUSE OF LORDS

Lord HOFFMANN, Lord HOPE of Craighead, Lord SCOTT of Foscote, Lord RODGER of Earlsferry, and Lord MANCE

Negligence — Personal injury — Claimants negligently exposed to asbestos developing pleural plaques — Whether such plaques amount to actionable damage — Whether such plaques, when aggregated with a risk of developing serious illness and with anxiety generated by the risk of developing serious illness, amount to actionable damage — Whether damages recoverable for psychiatric injury caused by contemplation of the risk of suffering future illness