The Council of State rejected an appeal in cassation from the Ministry of the Armed Forces and confirmed the compensation for "moral damage" linked to asbestos of 17 former employees of the national navy, we learned on Saturday.
"The appeal of the Minister of the Armed Forces is rejected" and "the State will pay a sum of 3,000 euros under article L.761-1 of the code of administrative justice" to the former employees who had taken legal action, indicates the decision of the Council of State rendered on Friday.
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The case had been examined by the administrative court of Rennes in June 2019, then by the administrative court of appeal of Rennes which had confirmed on the merits in January 2021 the judgment of first instance.
The Ministry of the Armed Forces then seized the Council of State.
These former employees, mostly State seamen who had spent part of their career aboard French Navy vessels, had taken legal action for having been exposed to the risks associated with the inhalation of asbestos dust present on these ships.
They were therefore, according to their request, exposed to a high risk of developing a serious pathology likely to cause compensable anxiety damage.
Exposure to asbestos, which was banned in 1997, can expose victims to cancer of the pleura, which can appear years later.
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