Asbestos & Mesothelioma Case Studies

£215,000 damages recovered for family of factory worker exposed to asbestos for 30 years

Asbestos solicitor Peter Kneale recently concluded a case by recovering damages of £215,000 for a family a factory worker who had been exposed to asbestos over the course of about 30 years. One of his colleagues was able to obtain an asbestos survey of the factory which showed that many of the areas in which he had been working had significant amounts of asbestos. In addition he was able to give us details before his death of jobs that he had been sent to outside of the factory where he was working alongside laggers who were using asbestos. Proving the asbestos exposure was to a large extent relatively straight forward. The major difficulties in the case where that he suffered from another medical condition and we had to obtain separate medical evidence in relation to his life expectancy if he had not developed Mesothelioma. This was an extensive report looking at the statistical long term survival rates of people with his condition.

Additionally, the family had an adult son with special educational needs who required significant amount of care and support from his parents and after his fathers untimely death this all had to be provided by his mother.

The case was unusual in that the loss of the father did not result in a significant loss of family income because since his unrelated illness he had not been able to go to work. The loss was largely the loss of his time which he had provided to the rest of the family by looking after the house whilst his wife was out and provided support to his son.

 

EAD Solicitors wins case for Mesothelioma sufferer

Industrial Disease and Asbestos Lawyer, Nick Gaze, obtained an award of £115,000.00 net in relation to a Mesothelioma sufferer who once worked on the Manchester Ship Canal for a company that refurbished tugs. As it is not uncommon in a case such as this that went back many years, there were difficulties tracing the insurer/insurers of the company initially.

 

EAD win asbestos claim for widow from defunct company

Recently we dealt with a claim for a widow of a man who had worked at a lagging company throughout the 1950's and 1960's. The company and its insurers had to be traced and subsequently the company itself had to be restored to the Register of Companies. This involved a separate application to the High Court in London with notice being given to the Companies Registrar and the Chancellor of the Duchess of Lancaster. Once the company had been restored to the Register its insurers fortunately admitted liability and settled the claim quite quickly afterwards for the sum of £230,000.

 

£160,000 for Electricity Board worker suffering from Mesothelioma

Industrial Disease and Asbestos Lawyer, Nick Gaze, obtained an award in excess of £160,000.00 for a Mesothelioma sufferer who once worked in the 1950's for the Electricity Board.

 

EAD Solicitors win asbestosis claim for smoker

Industrial disease and asbestos lawyer Paul Currie obtained an award of compensation of £62,000 for a lung cancer sufferer who had been exposed to asbestos for a few years at Turner and Newall. The claim was challenged on the grounds that the victim did not have any signs of asbestosis present and had smoked all his life. The employer attempted to argue that in the absence of asbestosis and given the smoking history it was more likely than not that smoking was the cause of the lung cancer rather than asbestos. The claim had been passed on by previous solicitors who were unable to obtain compensation for the victim.

 

EAD Solicitors win another financial settlement for an asbestos sufferer who had already received provisional damages.

Industrial Disease and Asbestos Lawyer, Nick Gaze, obtained an award for an Asbestos sufferer who had previously received a provisional damages award in the 1990's regarding the condition Asbestosis. The original order stated that if the illness worsened above a certain degree in later years that he could return to the Court to seek further damages.

In this case there was a medical argument over the extent of that deterioration. Nevertheless, the Court was persuaded that deterioration in the medical condition had occurred. The Court duly awarded the sufferer a further £100,000.00 in damages.

 

£110,000 Mesothelioma claim settled in five months by EAD Solicitors

Partner and head of industrial disease at EAD Solicitors LLP, Steve Cornforth, recently recovered £110,000 for a mesothelioma sufferer from the insurers of the Claimant's former employers. The case was dealt with from initial interview to receipt of compensation in 5 months.