Inventor receives record $2.75m asbestos payout

By Brendan Roberts

February 06, 2007 12:00am

A MELBOURNE inventor who is dying from mesothelioma has settled with James Hardie and a second asbestos maker for a record $2.75 million payout.

Tim Lacone, 58, was developing a revolutionary swimming pool and industrial water filter when he was diagnosed with the debilitating and untreatable disease in August.

Dust from asbestos-based sheeting manufactured by the two companies in the 1970s, and used by Mr Lacone to build a glasshouse and his own rural home, had caused the onset of the disease, the Supreme Court heard.

Mr Lacone, who has just months to live, was six days into a civil trial with Amaca Pty Ltd (formerly James Hardie Pty Ltd) and Selstram Pty Ltd (formerly Wunderlich Pty Ltd) when the settlement was reached.

His solicitor, Margaret Kent, said she believed it was the biggest single asbestos-related payout in Australian history.


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Mesothelioma Patient Will Mark Ten Years of Survival

This year, mesothelioma survivor Paul Kraus will mark the 10th year of his recovery from mesothelioma.

(PRWeb) February 1, 2007 -- This year, mesothelioma survivor Paul Kraus will mark the 10th year of his recovery from mesothelioma. In June 1997, Paul Kraus was diagnosed with mesothelioma and given only a few months to live. He and his family were stunned by the shocking diagnosis, but were not ready to give up. They researched different therapies for this cancer and learned about various conventional, integrative and alternative treatments. From this knowledge, Mr. Kraus created his own path to heal his mesothelioma.

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