A GRANDAD is set to sue a brickworks after being diagnosed with an incurable lung disease.
John McCrae, 79, claims he developed a condition called silicosis after breathing in deadly dust particles for nearly two decades at GR Stein Refractories in Castlecary, near Cumbernauld.
The pensioner said his concerned daughter persuaded him to speak to a GP about a raspy cough that wouldn't clear up.
He has since dropped three stone in weight and struggles to walk down his garden path.
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