Big legal win for asbestos cancer sufferer

By Roje Adaimy
Updated May 29 2019 - 2:38pm, first published 2:34pm
A terminally ill man exposed to asbestos while renovating in the 1970s has been awarded $664,000.
A terminally ill man exposed to asbestos while renovating in the 1970s has been awarded $664,000.

James Hardie has been ordered to pay $664,000 so a terminally ill Sydney man can die at a beachside apartment some 40 years after he was exposed to asbestos while helping a friend with renovations.

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