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October 31, 2006 · about 20 years ago

SHI to pay redress in shipyard lung suit

The Yokohama District Court ordered Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. to pay a combined 210 million yen in damages Monday to former employees who say they contracted pneumoconiosis by working at its shipyards. It is the first ruling on a case involving lung disease linked to employment at a shipyard, a

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The Yokohama District Court ordered Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. to pay a combined 210 million yen in damages Monday to former employees who say they contracted pneumoconiosis by working at its shipyards.

It is the first ruling on a case involving lung disease linked to employment at a shipyard, according to the plaintiffs’ lawyers.

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