Former pub landlord and shipyard worker from Barrow died due to industrial disease
A FORMER shipyard worker was pursuing a claim for asbestos exposure shortly before his death, an inquest heard. Patrick Joseph Loughran died at the age of 83 on October 4 last year a few months after receiving the diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma, the coroner's court in Cockermouth was told. He died as a result of industrial disease due to asbestos exposure in Barrow Shipyard and the Ironworks, a coroner ruled. Mr Loughran had launched a claim for asbestos exposure from his time working as a engineer in the shipyard, the inquest was tod. For this he had to write an in-life statem...
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