Asbestos payout after dad's death

TUC Risks 20th October 2007, reported that the two daughters of a York man who died of the asbestos cancer mesothelioma are to receive compensation.

CWU member Leslie Kenneth Bailey died on 23 March 2003, aged 48, having been diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma in November 2002. Asbestos had remained at British Rail's Holgate carriage works, where Mr Bailey worked as a vehicle builder between 1976 and 1980, years after the company stopped using it because the site was not properly cleaned.

Mr Bailey's daughters, now aged 16 and 18, will receive an undisclosed amount of compensation as a result of the CWU-backed compensation case. Mr Bailey's solicitor, Ron Thompson of Pattinson & Brewer, said: 'British Rail clearly failed in its duty of care towards Mr Bailey and his family,' adding the payout to his daughters 'will meet the costs of their care in his absence. At no time was he provided with any safety equipment and he was never warned about the dangers of asbestos.'

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