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Other family members in Scotland can also receive compensation between £10,000 to £15,000.

Thompsons wants to see a change in the way payments are assessed so families across the UK receive compensation in line with the amount currently paid to families in Scotland.

Thompsons head of asbestos policy, Ian McFall said: “The law must be changed to ensure families in England and Wales are entitled to the same level of compensation for bereavement as the equivalent family in Scotland.

Any imbalance is unjust and cannot continue.” ”£10,000 is a derisory sum for the grief caused by the death of a close family member.

Whole families suffer terribly when they lose a loved one to They carry the emotional burden with them the rest of their lives.” In England and Wales the amount of compensation paid to bereaved spouses is set at just £10,000 by the Fatal Accidents Act 1976.

However, in Scotland the level of bereavement payments is decided by the courts, which look at each individual case on its merits.

Compensation can also be paid to children, siblings, grandchildren, parents and common law partners.

In some fatal personal injury cases Scottish juries have decided that compensation for berea...

Beginning in 2001, as part of a federally funded study to determine if cancer clusters exist in a two-mile radius of the plants, the department mounted a fruitless search for former employees, who had the greatest exposure and run the highest risk.

Unable to acquire payroll records from the defunct owner, W.R.

Grace and Co., the department called the Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration.

It contacted the Utah Tax Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and various business licensing agencies.

But it never called the news media, which would have publicized the warnings to former employees for free.

Now, six years later, after the study has concluded and news accounts were written, several former Advertisementemployees have learned of the danger and contacted the health department.

They are advised to see a physician, and are questioned about the whereabouts of their co-workers.

But with diseases for which early detection is crucial to survival, the department shouldn't have been dragging its feet.

Dr.

Wayne Ball, the lead epidemiologist at the department, said contacting the media during the study is not part of the "procedure." He said the study took six year...

Mrs Bibby believes that her husband was exposed to asbestos through his work as a vehicle fitter.

Thompsons are campaigning for a change in the way bereavement payments are assessed so families across Britain receive compensation in line with the amount currently paid to families in Scotland.

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