Halewood welder wins asbestos damages battle

Nov 2 2009

by John Siddle, Liverpool Daily Post

A FORMER Merseyside welder has won a long-running battle for compensation, after being diagnosed with terminal asbestos-related cancer. Ronnie Cadwallader, 76, from Halewood used to work in engineering, stripping off asbestos lagging on pipes, turbines and boilers when carrying out maintenance and repairs. In September 2007 he started to develop severe chest pains and underwent various investigations including a biopsy. Full story at Liverpool Daily Post website - click here