by Russell Worth | Mar 7, 2014 | Accident Claims, Industrial Disease, News
Ministers have announced that victims of mesothelioma can receive an average of £123,000 compensation from a new £380m fund. Mesothelioma, which can take decades to develop, is an aggressive cancer caused by the exposure of asbestos. Previously those diagnosed after...
by Russell Worth | Mar 7, 2014 | Industrial Disease, News
A woman whose husband died after he was exposed to asbestos through his work on navy ships will receive £40,000 in compensation. The 83-year-old man, who died in February 2013, worked at Portsmouth dockyard from 1944 to 1947. He worked as an apprentice naval...
by Russell Worth | Mar 5, 2014 | Accident at Work, News
A window replacement company in Suffolk has been fined after exposing workers to asbestos fibres during window replacement work at a Bury St Edmunds school. Frames Conservatories Direct Ltd (FCDL) told Westley Middle school that the asbestos would be removed by a team...
by Russell Worth | Mar 5, 2014 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, News
A roofing contractor in Somerset has been fined following an investigation by the Health & Safety Executive found the firm negligent of adequately protecting their workers at risk from falls whilst working on a barn roof. The investigation was started following a...
by Russell Worth | Mar 4, 2014 | News, Personal Injury
Former WWE wrestler and American footballer, Chris Nowinski, has said young people in the UK need to be taught more about head injuries. Nowinski, who was forced to retire from WWE in 2007 after he was kicked in the head during a match and suffered post-concussion...
by Russell Worth | Mar 4, 2014 | Medical Negligence, News
An inquest in Avon has heard how a three year old boy died following a delay in getting an appointment at Bath’s Royal United Hospital. The inquest into the hospital’s negligence is expected to last up to four days. Samuel Starr from Frome in Somerset, was...
