A multi-million pound asbestos compensation fund set up by British asbestos manufacturer Turner and Newall (T&N) was recently unfrozen, allowing more than 50 victims of asbestos contamination to receive a total of about £2 million in compensation for their injuries.

According to a recent article posted on Legal and Medical Magazine, when Turner and Newall went into bankruptcy in 2001, all compensation claims against them were frozen until administrators reached an agreement with their insurers and parent company Federal Mogul, a Southfield, Michigan-based company. More than 100 employees died during the wait, the article states.

“T&N was responsible for exposing thousands of its workers to asbestos dust,” notes the article. “The employees’ lawyers say that minutes from the company’s board meetings show they were aware of the risk asbestos posed to employees for decades but did not do enough to protect them. Many went on to develop asbestos-related diseases including mesothelioma.”

“Turner and Newall exposed thousands of people to asbestos across the UK. We have been engaged in one of the longest running and most difficult battles to obtain compensation for those who are suffering or have died from asbestos related disease following exposure at T&N’s factories and elsewhere,” said attorney Ian McFall.

“We are still working on behalf of many others to ensure they receive the compensation they are entitled to. I am glad that the struggle is over, or nearing an end, for many families affected and that for others their claims will be finalized soon,” McFall added.

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