Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hi Steve:
The family of a nurse here in the States just tried this. They lost.
Sue
>
> Passive Smoker To Make Legal History
>
> A nurse is due to make legal history by suing her employers over damage to
> her health that she claims was caused by passive smoking.
> Chronic asthma sufferer Sylvia Sparrow, 60, blames her condition on the
> smoke she says she inhaled while caring for elderly patients at a nursing
> home in 1986.
>
> Mrs Sparrow, from Swinton, Greater Manchester, who has been off work sick
> since February 1992, is suing St Andrew's Homes for injury, loss of earnings
> and not being able to continue in the job.
>
> Her case, to be heard at the High Court in Manchester, is based on claims
> that she worked in the communal lounge at the Worsley Lodge home, which was
> used by heavy smokers among the elderly patients.
>
> It will be the first time that such a claim for damages has come before the
> courts in England and Wales. Lawyers and employers will be watching the
> outcome, which it is claimed could open the way for thousands of similar
> claims and have far-reaching effects on employment legislation.
>
> A council worker in Stockport, Greater Manchester, Veronica Bland, made
> legal history when she won an out-of-court settlement of 15,000 in a case
> brought against her employers.
>
> A judge in Scotland last year rejected another case, ruling there was a lack
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