Eight former Newcastle Dockyard workers are at the centre of a legal case over asbestos liabilities

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated June 1 2016 - 12:47pm, first published 12:30pm
Newcastle Dockyard executives and asbestos manufacturer James Hardie knew from 1962 that workers were exposed to serious health risks from asbestos.

NEWCASTLE Dockyard and asbestos manufacturer James Hardie knew from 1962 that thousands of dockyard workers risked early death from asbestosis, mesothelioma and lung cancer.

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