Asbestos Litigation Disappointment

Asbestos Litigation Disappointment
Barker v Corus (UK) Plc; Murray v British Shipbuilders
(Hydrodynamics) Ltd and others; Patterson v Smiths Dock Ltd and
others [2006] UKHL 20
HL
3 May 2006
Daily Law Notes Report Summary
House of Lords Judgment
Employers who were liable in damages, pursuant to the decision in
Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd [2002] UKHL 22; [2003]
1 AC 32, to workers who had contracted mesothelioma following
exposure to asbestos dust by more than one employer were
severally, not jointly and severally, liable for the exposure.