Duncan's blog: Justice at last! For the insurance companies trying to block justice for the victims of industrial disease, they finally ran out of track this week. Two and a half years ago, the Scottish Parliament put through landmark legislation that entitled those with pleural plaques to pursue damages that were owed to them. Pleural plaques is a scarring of the lungs that develops more than 20 years after being exposed to asbestos. It has left many former heavy industry workers with a debilitating condition that can lead to fatal diseases such as mesothelioma. But faced with pay outs totalling £20 million, the insurance companies refused to accept the will of the Scottish Parliament and used every delaying tactic in the book to avoid meeting their obligations.
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