Mesothelioma

advertisement The writ says that he developed the terminal cancer through his work there, and died on May 1, 2004.

It alleges he was exposed to deadly asbestos dust and fibres when he worked for the company between 1965 and 1982.

For the last 15 years of his work, he was based at ICI in Thornton where he and his colleagues worked alongside laggers stripping asbestos lagging from pipework, says the writ.

It says he also worked alongside laggers mixing up asbestos powder with water to form new lagging, and this work was extremely dusty.

After lagging had been stripped, the debris was left until the end of the shift, and Mr Manning had to dismantle scaffolding once an area of lagging had been finished.

The scaffolding and wooden platforms were often covered in asbestos dust.

Mr Manning first suffered symptoms of He had to endure a painful and distressing terminal illness.

Mrs Manning now accuses her husband's former employers of negligence and says they failed to provide protective equipment, failed to damp down asbestos, failed to warn him of the dan...

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