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Cartledge v Jopling: Pneumoconiosis Claim by disciplecruz is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document summarizes a 1963 House of Lords case regarding whether claims of negligence causing pneumoconiosis (lung scarring from dust inhalation) were barred by the 1939 Limitation Act. Nine steelworkers claimed damages from their employer for negligence and statutory duty breaches causing their pneumoconiosis. The judge found breaches of duty but held the claims were time-barred as damage had occurred before 1950, more than six years before the 1956 lawsuits. The House of Lords affirmed, finding the ca
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