Pages On: Asbestos Exposure
Asbestos is an extremely hazardous material that can cause devastating damage to the lungs of anyone unlucky and to inhale it. Fortunately, Asbestos is harmless if not disturbed. However, many professionals have been forced to work with Asbestos in roles such as shipbuilding, electricians, and roofers. Where proper training is not provided, or the right personal protective equipment — as it is a heavily regulated industry — then your employer is liable for putting you at risk. Asbestos exposure can result in a myriad of lung diseases, such as Asbestosis and Mesothelioma, both of which are often fatal. If you have suffered from Asbestos exposure, you may be entitled to claim compensation.
Salisbury man awarded compensation for contracting mesothelioma
Posted: 25 April 2016
Posted in: Asbestos Exposure, Employer Negligence, Industrial Deafness and Disease, Mesothelioma
A 60-year-old Salisbury man, originally from Sardinia in Italy, has received a six figure sum in compensation for developing the fatal disease, mesothelioma whilst working as a chef. Mr Luigi Pes had moved to Britain, aged 31, in 1982. He had been working for La Gondola Italian Restaurant in Fisherton Street in Salisbury where he was exposed to asbestos from the seals on the pizza oven and in the store room ceiling. Mr Pes was not warned by his employers about the dangers that working with asbestos could pose to his health. When…
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Former pipefitter wins compensation for asbestosis
Posted: 22 March 2016
Posted in: Asbestos Exposure, Employer Negligence, Industrial Deafness and Disease
A former pipefitter who approached his union following a diagnosis of the incurable lung disease, asbestosis, has been awarded compensation after winning his claim against a former employer. 64-year-old Michael Adcock developed the disease after having worked for 18 years for a Leicestershire engineering company refurbishing boilers that had asbestos in their insulation. As part of his job, Mr Adcock had to remove insulation from boilers manually which caused asbestos dust to be in the air and then settle on his skin, hair and clothing. It was learned that he had worked at…
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What is Mesothelioma and can you claim compensation for getting it?
Posted: 16 March 2016
Posted in: Asbestos Exposure, Employer Negligence, Industrial Deafness and Disease, Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma is a devastating disease. It is a highly aggressive form of cancer most commonly found in men who have been exposed to asbestos throughout their working life. The condition is contracted by breathing asbestos fibres into the lungs. The microscopic asbestos fibres aggravate the cells of the lungs and cause them to mutate into cancerous cells. Mesothelioma usually affects the lungs but can also be found in the stomach. Common symptoms of mesothelioma include chest pain, breathing problems, fatigue and weight loss. More than 2,600 people were diagnosed with…
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Family Claim for Mother's Asbestos Exposure
Posted: 15 March 2016
Posted in: Asbestos Exposure, Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma rates are increasing year on year, and a recent case has demonstrated the wide-reaching harm that asbestos can cause. Paula Briggs died in April 2014 at the age of 79. She was diagnosed with mesothelioma after complaining of shortness of breath. This condition is commonly contracted by men who worked in industries such as construction, building, demolition, electronics and motor mechanics and were exposed to a great deal of asbestos. When asbestos is disturbed, the fibres fill the air and can be breathed into the lungs. The fibres can…
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Government urged to compensate mesothelioma
Posted: 2 November 2015
Posted in: Armed Forces Injuries, Asbestos Exposure, Employer Negligence, Industrial Deafness and Disease, Mesothelioma
The government has been urged to make changes to the way in which veterans are treated when diagnosed with mesothelioma – a cancer caused by asbestos exposure. Armed forces charities, senior military figures and politicians have all stepped forward in a bid to provide better support to veterans who were exposed to asbestos during their time in service, and have contracted mesothelioma as a result. They are demanding that all veterans will receive the same compensation as civilians, arguing that the government is currently breaching the Armed Forces Covenant. Thousands…
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We Can Now Help With New Work Injury and Asbestos Claims
Posted: 5 March 2015
Posted in: Asbestos Exposure, Workplace Injuries
As we reported in our last blog post, our online marketing manager had some very exciting plans for the website including plans on new content updates. We are very pleased to say that those plans went live today with new pages on the website concerning how to make an asbestosis claim in Bristol, plus a huge amount of information about work accident compensation claims. This generation of new and compelling content is all part of our commitment to residents and workers in the Bristol area who want immediate and effective…
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Asbestos Claims Bristol: Mesothelioma Compensation
Posted in: Asbestos Exposure, Mesothelioma
If you or a family member has been affected by asbestos related diseases, such as the cancer mesothelioma, then please call our hotline today. We will discuss how our personal injury solicitors** can help with your Asbestos claim in Bristol – even if the company you worked for no longer exists. Exposure to Asbestos Compensation Even if you were not directly exposed to asbestos dust and fibres, and instead were made ill by exposure to a family member working with asbestos, then we can also offer you legal support. We…
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Wife of asbestos victim appeals for information
Posted: 24 August 2014
Posted in: Asbestos Exposure, Employer Negligence, Mesothelioma
The widow of a former dockyard worker who died as a result of asbestos exposure has appealed for information surrounding her late husband’s working conditions. Kenneth Strong died at age 80 after battling mesothelioma, a cancer caused by asbestos exposure, for five-months. His wife Jean is appealing to her husband’s colleagues to assist in an investigation into the working conditions of the dockyard. Ken died earlier this year after contracting mesothelioma, a cancer in the lining of the lungs, at work. He began work at Devonport Royal Dockyard at the age…
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Asbestos victim denied compensation
Posted: 12 May 2014
Posted in: Asbestos Exposure, Employer Negligence, Mesothelioma
A cancer patient has been given ‘enormous sympathy’ but no compensation for her cancer caused by asbestos expose in her workplace in the 1970s. 58-year-old Marie McGregor was 15 when she worked in Lewis’s Department Store in Liverpool. She had been employed by the British Shoe Corporation (BSC) which managed a concession there. In 1976 a workman was employed to fix the store’s escalators. Although Mrs McGregor and her colleagues thought nothing of it at the time, the store was covered in a thin layer of white dust that gathered on…
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