| Hardies tried to rob Bernie Banton
SHAMED multinational James Hardie made one last effort to rob dying asbestos victim Bernie Banton, using a doctor's report it had hidden for seven years to claim it didn't have to pay him compensation. As Mr Banton lost his battle with mesothelioma yesterday, The Daily Telegraph can reveal that the building company and its former subsidiary used the critical report on a 34-year-old X-ray to try to again rort the 61-year-old. The latest dirty trick came in Mr Banton's final battle for compensation for the deadly asbestos cancer, which claimed his life yesterday. Tributes flowed across the nation yesterday for a man who fought for justice for asbestos victims literally until his last breath. Mr Banton will be farewelled in a state funeral next Wednesday and the Asbestos Diseases Research Institute at Concord Hospital will be named the Bernie Banton Centre.
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