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Asbestos victim legal victory

THE family of a nurse who died after being exposed to asbestos dust at a hospital in the 1960s has been awarded damages of £175,000 after a legal battle with the Department of Health, their solicitors said today.

Rebecca Little, 53, of Catterick, North Yorkshire, died in February 2002 from mesothelioma, the asbestos-related cancer.

The DoH admitted liability and agreed compensation of 175,000, solicitors Irwin Mitchell said.


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