Widow in the
final stages of lung cancer due to years spent washing her husband's
contaminated with asbestos forms most of the fighting has affected a record £
500,000 Damage - after his death from the same disease.
Monica Haxton, 66, saw her husband Ronald succumbed to mesothelioma - an incurable cancer of the mucous membrane of the lungs associated with asbestos exposure and is caused by many years of his life as an electrician for Philips Electronics UK Ltd in Guildford.
Cared for him in his last illness, after Mr. Haxton symptoms appeared in June 2008, and experienced the "terrible suffering", a position he held until his death in July 2009, continuing, said her lawyer, Harry Steinberg , the High Court in London.
Just two years later, Mrs. Haxton experience the same symptoms of shortness of breath when her husband began his lawyer said, and the diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma has been confirmed, in January last year.
Your life will be 23 years old, but the disease, but "declined sharply" Steinberg said, adding said. "This is a devastating disease ... a grim prognosis"
Mr. Haxton worked Guildford-based Philips Electronics for 42 years, the court heard, and "subject to a very large number of asbestos dust on a daily basis" at the beginning of his career.
The exhibition took place when he was working in prison asbestos and application of new layers of delay with groups of countries, Mr. Steinberg said, adding that the company acknowledged, but the price of the claim of the widow controversial.
Haxton had married in 1964 and was exposed to asbestos in the early years of their marriage, while "washing clothes by hand" is infected, the court heard.
The material is commonly used in the workplace in the 1980s and '90s, when the risks are known. Dust and asbestos fibers apparently inactive in the body for decades before the extent of damage significantly.
Mrs. Haxton, Sutton, served as secretary of the Church of St. Antonius Hospital, Cheap, until illness forced him to stop working. Hair complains Philips Electronics for the presentation of their injuries, thanks to the work of her husband. The court heard Mrs Philips offered Haxton £ 310,000 to settle his affairs, but refused to reflect the demand for another £ 221,000 for loss of dependency "on her husband.
The company said that the amount should be reduced in order to take the woman Haxton would significantly lower life expectancy.
Mainly because it requires compensation for their injuries and the death of her husband, Mrs. Haxton claims is likely to be the largest ever made in the case of mesothelioma.
The Supreme Court will decide the case at a later date.
Monica Haxton, 66, saw her husband Ronald succumbed to mesothelioma - an incurable cancer of the mucous membrane of the lungs associated with asbestos exposure and is caused by many years of his life as an electrician for Philips Electronics UK Ltd in Guildford.
Cared for him in his last illness, after Mr. Haxton symptoms appeared in June 2008, and experienced the "terrible suffering", a position he held until his death in July 2009, continuing, said her lawyer, Harry Steinberg , the High Court in London.
Just two years later, Mrs. Haxton experience the same symptoms of shortness of breath when her husband began his lawyer said, and the diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma has been confirmed, in January last year.
Your life will be 23 years old, but the disease, but "declined sharply" Steinberg said, adding said. "This is a devastating disease ... a grim prognosis"
Mr. Haxton worked Guildford-based Philips Electronics for 42 years, the court heard, and "subject to a very large number of asbestos dust on a daily basis" at the beginning of his career.
The exhibition took place when he was working in prison asbestos and application of new layers of delay with groups of countries, Mr. Steinberg said, adding that the company acknowledged, but the price of the claim of the widow controversial.
Haxton had married in 1964 and was exposed to asbestos in the early years of their marriage, while "washing clothes by hand" is infected, the court heard.
The material is commonly used in the workplace in the 1980s and '90s, when the risks are known. Dust and asbestos fibers apparently inactive in the body for decades before the extent of damage significantly.
Mrs. Haxton, Sutton, served as secretary of the Church of St. Antonius Hospital, Cheap, until illness forced him to stop working. Hair complains Philips Electronics for the presentation of their injuries, thanks to the work of her husband. The court heard Mrs Philips offered Haxton £ 310,000 to settle his affairs, but refused to reflect the demand for another £ 221,000 for loss of dependency "on her husband.
The company said that the amount should be reduced in order to take the woman Haxton would significantly lower life expectancy.
Mainly because it requires compensation for their injuries and the death of her husband, Mrs. Haxton claims is likely to be the largest ever made in the case of mesothelioma.
The Supreme Court will decide the case at a later date.
