{"id":7489,"date":"2019-02-13T15:29:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T15:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/electrician-wins-asbestos-case-against-vauxhall\/"},"modified":"2019-02-13T15:29:49","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T15:29:49","slug":"electrician-wins-asbestos-case-against-vauxhall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/electrician-wins-asbestos-case-against-vauxhall\/","title":{"rendered":"Electrician wins asbestos case against Vauxhall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"John and Lydia Carey\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/119A7\/production\/_105630127_mr-and-mrs-carey.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Royds Withy King<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    John Carey&#8217;s wife Lydia died in November of asbestos-related lung cancer<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">An electrician whose wife developed lung cancer after washing his asbestos-contaminated overalls has won a landmark action in the High Court.<\/p>\n<p>John Carey continued a claim against Vauxhall Motors in Luton after his wife Lydia died of mesothelioma in November.<\/p>\n<p>The court heard his clothes had been contaminated with poisonous dust from stripping asbestos from pipework.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Carey, who could be in line for compensation of \u00a31m, described the judgement as &#8220;bittersweet&#8221;.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-47137990\" class=\"story-body__link\">Live news updates for the East of England<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Solicitors for the family say Mrs Carey initially launched the action against Vauxhall Motors after her diagnosis. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">De Agostini Picture Library<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    When asbestos fibres are inhaled they can cause serious diseases<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She died a week before the four-day hearing at the High Court got under way.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Carey, from Toddington, Bedfordshire, described coming into contact with asbestos as an electrician in the trucks division of Vauxhall Motors between 1973 and 1979 &#8211; during which time he met and married his wife.<\/p>\n<p>Vauxhall Motors said any jobs which disturbed asbestos were carried out under strictly controlled conditions and that Mr Carey would not have taken his work clothes home, the court heard.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Carey&#8217;s legal team said he was distressed to think that he might have unwittingly contributed towards his wife&#8217;s illness.<\/p>\n<p>Passing judgment, Her Honour Judge Karen Walden-Smith said she was satisfied that Mr Carey had been exposed to significant quantities of asbestos dust which was transferred back home on his overalls.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Carey, 60, said after the hearing: &#8220;The judgment in our favour is bittersweet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am pleased that my former employers have been found responsible after allowing me &#8211; and potentially hundreds of others &#8211; to travel home contaminated with asbestos.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, a spokesman for Vauxhall Motors said the company was &#8220;disappointed&#8221; but would &#8220;respect the judgment&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-47218226\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Royds Withy King Image caption John Carey&#8217;s wife Lydia died in November of asbestos-related lung cancer An electrician whose wife developed lung cancer after washing his asbestos-contaminated overalls has won a landmark action in the High Court. 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