article_snippet.sent: The family of a former art teacher who died from lung cancer after years of pinning pupils' work to classroom walls lined with asbestos has taken legal action against council .
article_snippet.sent: Jennifer Barnett husband, Nigel, told an inquest into Jennifer Barnett death in January that Her husband, Nigel wife had to cut sheets of asbestos while working on a farm in his wife 20s. '
article_snippet.sent: Jennifer Barnett then became an art teacher and from 1977 until 1995 worked at various schools, often hanging paintings on walls containing asbestos,' Her husband, Nigel added.
article_snippet.sent: Ms Skerrett said: 'It is clear that there was sufficient exposure to asbestos in Jennifer Barnett occupation for me to reach a conclusion that Jennifer Barnett died from an industrial disease.'
article_snippet.sent: Mr Barnett and Mr Barnett family believe asbestos in her occupation for me to reach a conclusion that this lady died from an industrial disease is to blame for Mr Barnett death and are now taking legal action against Gloucestershire County Council.
article_snippet.sent: In a statement released this week, Mr Barnett said that during Jen time as a teacher, Mr Barnett wife also did clay modelling with pupils and the cupboard where the clay was stored also contained asbestos.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Barnett said: 'I'll never forget the consultant at the hospital asking Jen if Jen'd ever been exposed to asbestos and Jen saying a definite "yes" because Jen knew a lot of asbestos was previously used in school buildings. '
article_snippet.sent: Mr Barnett, from Painswick, Gloucestershire, has instructed specialist asbestos disease lawyers at Novum Law to investigate specialist asbestos disease lawyers at Novum Law wife's working conditions at Archway School.
article_snippet.sent: specialist asbestos disease lawyers at Novum Law added: 'I am hoping former teachers or ex-pupils will come forward who may have some knowledge about the asbestos ceiling tiles at Archway School or know of any other asbestos products or materials that were used there.'
article_snippet.sent: Helen Grady, an asbestos disease solicitor at Novum Law said: 'It is alarming that we are seeing more and more cases involving teachers. '
article_snippet.sent: While we are unable to comment on this specific case, we would like to reassure parents, pupils and teachers that current guidance and practices in our county's schools appropriately manage the risks associated with asbestos.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Jennifer Barnett often pinned pupils' work to walls lined with asbestos, Jennifer Barnett heard .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Family believe asbestos in school was to blame for Jennifer Barnett death in September .
  