by Russell Worth | Jun 24, 2014 | Industrial Disease
A man from Grimsby has won compensation of £4,000 after his hearing was damaged by exposure to excessive noise in the workplace. From 1979 until 2005, the man was employed as a maintenance fitter by a company which manufactured pigments. During this time he was...
by Russell Worth | Jun 18, 2014 | Industrial Disease, mesothelioma, News
A ground-breaking decision by the courts has seen a widow who was stricken by terminal lung cancer after spending years washing her husband’s asbestos-laden overalls secure a £700,000 pay-out. Recognising that the case raised ‘a point of some novelty’, the Court of...
by Russell Worth | Jun 17, 2014 | Industrial Disease, News
A former electrical technician has died due to many years of asbestos exposure through his job at York Carriageworks. Derek Wilson, 65, was exposed through his work at the Carriageworks between 1973 and 1988, the inquest at New Earswick Folk Hall heard. In a statement...
by Russell Worth | Jun 9, 2014 | Industrial Disease, News
An elderly man who worked with asbestos for ten years in various jobs died from industrial disease, a coroner has ruled. David Thomas, aged 74 from Burton, died in February after years of being exposed to asbestos in the 1960s. The inquest found that although he had...
by Russell Worth | May 22, 2014 | Industrial Disease, News
In a case which bitterly revealed the difficulty faced by litigants involved in historic asbestos cases, a widow who claimed that her husband’s death was caused by exposure to the lethal substance whilst working in a cemetery in the 1970s has received a judge’s...
by Russell Worth | May 21, 2014 | Industrial Disease, News
Personal injury firm Russell Worth solicitors have been announced as official sponsors of 2014’s Deaf Awareness Week, running from 19th-25th May. This year the theme of the campaign, run by UK Council on Deafness (UKCoD), is ‘Equality in Communication for all’....
