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Asbestos Victim Receives £37,500 Compensation
3rd October 2008
Our lawyers are specialists in all areas of personal injury, including cases involving asbestos related diseases, and recently assisted a former council worker in making a compensation claim for pleural thickening.
Asbestos Related Disease
The claimant was employed as a caretaker for a number of years and had to work in a boiler house on a regular basis. This would involve cleaning and maintaining the boiler and pipes, which were covered with asbestos lagging, and brushing up asbestos dust from in the room when the lagging was damaged.
He was also present when the boiler and pipes were dismantled and removed by contractors before they were replaced. Over a period of several weeks he helped to clear up after the contractors, which involved sweeping away and working around large amounts of asbestos dust. There were no health and safety measures in place for this work and the claimant was not provided with any personal protective equipment.
After he retired he began to suffer problems with his chest and difficulty breathing, so sought medical advice. He was diagnosed with pleural thickening, a condition which restricts his lifestyle in that he can no longer walk any distance, struggles with stairs and cannot perform physical tasks such as housework, DIY or carrying shopping.
Industrial Disease Claim
The claimant instructed our expert personal injury lawyers to make an industrial disease claim against his former employer on his behalf.
They were able to recover damages of £37,500 in respect of the pain, worry and incapacity caused by his illness and also for services he now requires for duties he can no longer carry out himself.
Compensation Claim Advice
If you or someone close to you is suffering from an asbestos-related illness, you may be entitled to make a compensation claim.
Contact us on 0800 0328511 for sympathetic, expert advice and assistance on your case. Alternatively, complete a claim enquiry form online and one of our advisors will call you back.
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