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Reasons Behind Britain's Mesothelioma Compensation Problem

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This is an overview of the ideas behind the current mesothelioma compensation legal debate in Britain. 
 
The basic question is, if an employee worked for more than one company and ultimately developed disease, which, if any, of the companies are responsible, and in what proportion? 
 
A recent legal ruling apportioned compensation according to level of responsibility for each employer, which seems fair until you consider that many of these employers are now insolvent or otherwise non-existant, leaving the victim undercompensated and without recourse. 
 
The ball is in the government's court now, and the article concludes that asbestos victims need a system of compensation not dependent on blame or litigation. 
 

Asbestos victims' long search for justice

Times Online - 6/19/2006 11:18 AM

The civil litigation system has to date struggled to deliver justice to parties affected by the asbestos tragedy. The truth is, a system that relies upon findings of blame as the basis for awarding compensation is inherently ill-suited to dealing with scientifically complex diseases arising from events that occurred many decades earlier. As the courts continue to grapple with the difficult issues that arise, those affected by the judgments will rarely find satisfactio
 
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