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The last six weeks of his life, he was in horrific condition."After a jury trial that began in late March, and two days of deliberations this week, the seven-member jury determined that Kay Oney was entitled to $9.25 million from two suppliers to the shipbuilding industry - John Crane Inc.

and Garlock Sealing Technologies.The jury decided that 60 percent of the total, or $5.55 million, should be paid by John Crane, which manufactured gaskets and sealants made with asbestos.

The jury said that the other 40 percent, or $3.7 million, should be borne by Garlock, a Palmyra, N.Y.-based company that competed with John Crane in making the same products.But Garlock had already s...

I completed a series of chemo treatments at the Duke University Cancer Clinic in Durham and returned to Duke in late February for a "CAT" scan to determine if further treatment was recommended.The results of the CAT scan were favorable, and my oncologist, Dr.

Jeffrey Crawford of Duke, said that the cancer had been stabilized.He had compared the February CAT scan to the one that had been done in November.I'm not on chemo any longer, and I go back to Duke in July for a follow-up CAT scan at which time they'll make other recommendations.Life has improved.

I can't run any races or anything but I can do some things.

Please keep me in your hearts and prayers.

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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...