Asbestos victim's family receive compensation

The family of a man who died from asbestos have received compensation from the successor to the council that employed him at the time he was exposed.
 
Norman Teasdale, a former councillor in Stockton who worked at Billingham Campus School, was exposed to the substance while working as a woodwork and metalwork teacher between 1962 and 1975, the Gazette has reported.
 
He began pursuing a compensation claim against Stockton Council, which replaced Cleveland County Council, after his condition progressed to mesothelioma but died before it made its way through the court.
 
Following his passing on, his widow received compensation representing her husband's injuries and the loss of earnings to his surviving family.
 
The victim's son, Nick Teasdale, has called on council chiefs to warn his father's former colleagues and pupils that they may be at risk of developing the condition as well.
 
Last month, Marks and Spencer was fined £1 million after exposing staff and members of the public to asbestos-containing materials during refurbishments of a store on Broad Street, Reading.

Published by Tessa Jones