‘Huge victory’: three children win David and Goliath case over asbestos death

Three Aboriginal children whose father died from mesothelioma in the NSW Central West have won a battle for compensation after a judge threw out the state government’s legal defence and rebuked its handling of the landmark case.

With their mother no longer a part of their lives, Aaliyah, 16, Daniel, 9, and Thomas, 7, were left to the care of relatives following the death of their father Daniel Ingram six years ago.

Read more on this story at https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/huge-victory-three-children-win-david-and-goliath-case-over-asbestos-death-20190327-p517zh.html

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