£170,000 settlement over mesothelioma

The family of a man who died after he developed mesothelioma has received a settlement of £170,000. The man, a labourer, worked with asbestos every day for two years in the 1970s. He had been contracted to work on site at an oil refinery in the mid-seventies, and his job was to assist laggers by carrying and helping prepare the asbestos-filled lagging that they would then apply to pipe work as insulation. He would be covered in the lagging mix dust when loading and unloading the bags. He would then have to clean up after the laggers, sweeping up the discarded insulation.