Joiners liability insurance holders have been warned about the dangers of working with asbestos after a family received £100,000 compensation.
Dudley Maasz, who was exposed to the deadly material while working for Great Western Railways in Oxford in the 1940s, died in July 2006 after he was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2005.
BRB (Residuary), formerly British Rail, agreed to settle the claim out of court and pay his family £98,000 compensation plus costs.
The family's solicitor Brigitte Chandler of Wantage law firm Charles Lucas & Marshall told the BBC that the firm was able to establish that Mr Maasz's death was caused by asbestos during his employment in Oxford.
Norman Maasz told public liability insurance holders that his brother was in so much pain that he eventually spent most of his time in bed.
"One day I looked at him and thought 'my goodness'. He was half the size, he'd been eaten away, I felt so sorry for him," he added.
The Independent recently told the story of Barking's Cape Asbestos factory which has been blamed for hundreds of deaths since the plant closed in 1968.