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YOU CAN SUE OVER DOCKS' DEADLY HAZARD

...It means hundreds of dock workers who handled asbestos or worked in ships lagged with the material may now win payouts.Previously, victims and their families could sue only by tracking down the firms responsible for the ships.Among the victims was Walt Cunningham, who died aged 74 in March 2002.

He worked at Hull Docks for 20 years, regularly handling the now-banned asbestos.Mr Cunningham died from The coroner at his inquest recorded a verdict of death by industrial causes.Today, his widow Sadie, 77, of Garden Village, east Hull, welcomed the ruling.She said: "This will be good news for lots of families in Hull.

It is about getting justice for people like my husband."Mrs Cunningham, who runs the group Self Help Awareness for The employers are responsible and they should be the ones who are sued."My granddaughter was 11 when Walt died - she still talks about him and is still upset.

We want justice for what happened."Mrs Cunningham said it is hard to say how many dock dockers died from asbestos-related diseases because often other conditions were noted down as the cause of death.Hull law firm Ingrams Solicitors, which is representing m...

'WE'D BE COVERED IN ASBESTOS DUST'

...In a cruel twist, symptoms of "There is nothing I can do about it.

I just have to get on with life.

I won't dwell on it."Like his father, Allan was involved in unloading cargo from vessels on the docks.Although they did not come in direct contact with asbestos, harmful particles frequently stuck to clothing.He said: "At the end of a day, workers would be covered in white dust.

Asbestos used to stay on ships for weeks - there was no way of getting rid of it.

You could see it."Looking back, I am very angry that we were put at risk.

Without the asbestos, it was one of the most dangerous job...

Event Brief of Q3 2007 RPM International Inc Earnings Conference ...

...Most recently a determination by a judge in Cuyahoga County here in Ohio to throw out a number of instances related to fraudulent multiple claiming and double dipping.

And that issue, if it continues to build momentum goes directly to the cost associated with RPM and the claims against our Bondex subsidiary.

All that's good news in terms of trends.

When you look at the nine-month year-over-year increase in after tax cash from operations of plus 20%, as we've indicated to investors over the last year, last year cash flow was up 18%.

We think RPM will be able to deliver a better than industry after tax cash flow for some time as we continue to grow our business and as asbestos over time becomes a less and less of a call on our cash, totally ignoring any impact of the insurance coverage case.

STEVE SCHWARTZ: Okay.

And then one last one.

Consumer top line.

What component of that growth was price?

I don't recall you giving a number out.

BOB MATEJKA, VP, CFO, RPM INTERNATIONAL INC: I think it was - on the quarter, Steve?

STEVE SCHWARTZ: Yes.

BOB MATEJKA: On the quarter the price was essentially about a flat number.

For consumer.

STEVE SCHWARTZ: Okay.

That 5.8% was mostly in volume?

BOB MATEJKA: Right.

There's a little bit of 4X in there, 40 or 50 basis points of it in there.

STEVE SCHWARTZ: Okay.

Sounds good.

Thank you.

FRANK SULLIVAN: Thank you.

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