I'm Sitting On a Cancer Timebomb, Scared and Now They Say There's No Compensation

The Northern Echo › January 27, 2006

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A SUFFERER of the asbestos-related pleural plaques condition last night told of his bitter disappointment at a High Court ruling which will deny victims compensation.

Former shipyard worker, 70-year-old Laurence Purvis recalled how he had left the docks night after night covered from head to toe in the deadly dust.

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I'm Sitting On a Cancer Timebomb, Scared and Now They Say There's No Compensation

Mr Purvis, who was diagnosed with pleural plaques in 2004, was one of the many hundreds...

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