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 statement to specify where he may have come into contact with asbestos, a leading cause for malignant mesothelioma.