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Asbestos Victim Feels Cheated by Legal Loophole
South Tyneside Today
A dying asbestos victim says he feels cheated by a legal loophole which could rob him and his family of £100,000 compensation
Terry Henderson, 72, was diagnosed with the killer industrial disease mesothelioma a year ago after being exposed to asbestos in shipyards like Readheads in South Shields decades ago.
Although originally awarded a six-figure sum, Mr Henderson's family could receive nothing due to a Court of Appeal ruling last March.
Mr Henderson, of Summerhill Road, Harton, South Shields, said: "I feel I have been cheated because I wanted to leave my wife Beryl financially secure.
"The insurers for Readheads initially agreed to pay up, but now the law has changed, and my wife may not get anything after I'm gone.
We are not destitute by any means, but this makes me angry."
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