Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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SMITH v. P & O BULK SHIPPING LTD.

[1998] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 81

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION

Before Sir Maurice Drake Sitting as a Judge of the High Court

Negligence - Duty of care - Exposure to asbestos - Plaintiffs alleged deceased dock worker exposed to asbestos in course of employment - Deceased developed mesothelioma - Whether exposure to asbestos cause or substantial cause of the mesothelioma from which he died - Whether deceased’s employers in breach of duty of care in exposing deceased to asbestos.

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