Insurers Try to Claw Cash From Victims ; Industry Claims Pleural Plaques Do Not Warrant Payouts Give Them Justice

Evening Chronicle › January 27, 2009

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BRITAIN'S insurance industry was today accused of short-changing the country's pleural plaques victims.

Since insurers successfully appealed to the House of Lords, sufferers of the condition have not been entitled to a penny of compensation.

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Insurers Try to Claw Cash From Victims ; Industry Claims Pleural Plaques Do Not Warrant Payouts Give Them Justice

Victims who were negligently exposed to asbestos and developed pleural plaques, a scarring of the lungs which can lead to deadly conditions, had been entitled to...

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