Oz: trucker can sue over skin cancer

Australia: a “truck driver has won the right to sue his former employer for not warning him that over-exposure to sunlight causes skin cancer.” A lawyer who represented 71-year-old Eric Reeder “said it put employers on notice that sun protection was not just a worker’s responsibility.” (Adam Morton, “Truckie to sue boss over cancer”, AAP/News.com, […]

Australia: a “truck driver has won the right to sue his former employer for not warning him that over-exposure to sunlight causes skin cancer.” A lawyer who represented 71-year-old Eric Reeder “said it put employers on notice that sun protection was not just a worker’s responsibility.” (Adam Morton, “Truckie to sue boss over cancer”, AAP/News.com, Aug. 16).

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