November 3rd, 2009
A welder from Liverpool has won £140,000 in compensation after he contracted terminal cancer from working with asbestos.
Ronnie Cadwallader, 76, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in November 2007 after spending part of his working life stripping asbestos lagging off pipes, turbines and boilers.
His wife Ann told the Livepool Daily Post: "Ronnie was so fit and healthy, always running and never smoked or drank. All of a sudden he was really poorly with no energy.
"It was horrific."
His two-year struggle for compensation was made more complex by the fact that the two firms he had carried out such work for were no longer in business.
But Mr Cadwallader has finally been offered compensation by insurance firm Zurich, which was the insurer for one of his former employers, Carolina Engineering.
The Health and Safety Executive has recently launched a campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of working with asbestos aimed at tradesman and maintenance workers.
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September 17th, 2009
Compensation is to be paid to the family of a man who died from the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma.
The unnamed victim took a job in a factory between 1970 and 1976 and despite the knowledge that asbestos was dangerous, was not given any protective equipment or warnings about the dangers of exposure in the course of his work.
He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2005 and decided to pursue a claim against his former employers. Although the man died before it could be completed, his family pursued the case.
The company’s insurers have now agreed to a payout of £162,000 for the family’s loss.
Asbestos-related industrial diseases typically affect five times as many men as women, according to Cancer Research UK. Figures published by the Centre for the Study of Environmental Cancer show that Britain has one of the highest incidences of mesothelioma in the world.
Anyone affected should contact a solicitor to see if they are eligible to make a claim for compensation.
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May 15th, 2009
A woman is asking anyone who may have worked with her husband to come forward in order to assist her with a compensation claim relating to asbestos.
George Sharpe, 67, died from the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma last November and it believed that this is the result of him breathing in the deadly building material during his working life, GetReading.co.uk reports.
He had worked at a number of companies in his lifetime, including Burret and Daly, Cook JT, Hall and Co (Thames Valley), FM Gant (Builders) and WD Clayton Construction. His widow Ann Sharpe is asking anyone who worked at these companies with her husband to come forward so her solicitors can ascertain where he was exposed to asbestos.
She then hopes to pursue a compensation claim against the responsible company’s insurers.
Many people in the building trade were exposed to asbestos in the late 20th century, despite firms knowing the associated risks. Mesothelioma affects five times as many men as women as a result of this.
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November 24th, 2008
A test case has taken place in the high court which ruled that people who contract asbestos-related cancer from work should still be allowed to claim compensation.
A number of firms facing legal action had argued that claims should be made against the policy of the insurer at the time of diagnosis, not against that at the time of exposure.
However, the case was dismissed after the judge ruled that mesothelioma sufferers and their families should still be able to claim compensation from their former employers’ liability.
A legal representative for one of the families which brought the case said the victory was "vitally important" in pursuing compensation claims, since most companies which exposed workers to asbestos are no longer in business.
If a person can prove they were exposed to asbestos at a place of work, they may be able to make a claim for compensation as a result.
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