Corkman in €190k asbestos award

A MAN who died of cancer two years ago was exposed to asbestos over a six-month period 40 years ago and yesterday his family was awarded €190,000 compensation.

The case was brought by Anne Carroll, widow of John Carroll, late of Harbour View Road, Knocknaheeny, Cork, who died in April 2009, at the age of 61. He had been exposed to asbestos during a six-month period of work at Cork Dockyard in 1971.

The plaintiff’s senior counsel, Andrew Sexton, said the deceased worked in a number of places, including a brief period at Cork Dockyard in 1971.