by Russell Worth | Jan 20, 2015 | asbestosis compensation, Claims, Industrial Disease, News
Failures by two Devon-based companies led to two workers being exposed to potentially-fatal asbestos fibres, a court has heard. Pilkington Plumbing and Heating Ltd permitted two of its employees to remove a back boiler and drill a wall panel at a property in...
by Russell Worth | Jan 19, 2015 | asbestosis compensation, Claims, Industrial Disease, News
A caretaker and decorator have been awarded a total of £430,000 in compensation after being exposed to asbestos fibres in the former Clwyd County Council area. A freedom of information request revealed the level of exposure, according to reports. However, there are...
by Russell Worth | Jan 19, 2015 | Claims, Industrial Disease
A factory worker has been awarded a four-figure compensation settlement after contracting dermatitis as a result of his exposure to chemicals at work. Graham Taylor, an employee of Mahle Filter Systems based in Halesfield, Telford, needed to give up playing golf and...
by Russell Worth | Jan 14, 2015 | asbestosis compensation, Claims, Industrial Disease
A Liverpool man has been awarded a significant amount in compensation from oil giant Shell after he was exposed to asbestos dust more than 40 years ago. 68-year-old Bill Jones launched a law suit against the company last year, after he was diagnosed with diffuse...
by Russell Worth | Jan 9, 2015 | asbestosis compensation, Claims, Industrial Disease, News
A man who spent decades of his life working in environments containing asbestos died as a result of his exposure, a court has ruled. During his working life Graham Bancroft, from Derbyshire, worked as a cabinet maker, joiner and carpenter, both here in the UK and in...
by Russell Worth | Jan 7, 2015 | Claims, Industrial Disease, mesothelioma, News
An art teacher has died from mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos through hanging paintings on classroom walls. 60-year-old Jennifer Barnett, of Painswick, Glos, passed away in September 2014. Speaking at the Gloucester inquest into her death, her husband...
