asbestos claims mesothelioma

Asbestos has many harmful effects which include mesothelioma, pleural plaques, pleural thickening, asbestosis and lung cancer. If you are suffering from any of these asbestos diseases and are likely to have been exposed to asbestos fibres at some point then you may be able to claim for compensation.

Selfridges has had to close its famous window display in its London department store for a month after the discovery of asbestos. It was discovered in 5main windows at the front of its Oxford Street store.

The family of the late Robert Earl, who in 2005 lost his life to Mesothelioma-the asbestos related disease,have been successful earlier this month in their claim against his former employer.

Scientists at Oxford University believe that the have developed a better and more sensitive test for diagnosing the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma. The cancer which develops long after exposure to asbestos has led to many compensation claims. Often claims are made after the death of the victim because life expectancy after diagnosis is so limited.

Compensation cases against employers are not always accident claims but are often related to industrial disease cases like this one.

Compensation has been paid to a hospital plumber following his diagnosis of asbestos related lung cancer.

A TERMINALLY-ILL mum is suing the council “ claiming asbestos exposure at school gave her cancer. The 48-year-old from Huyton has undergone chemotherapy and surgery for mesothelioma, an asbestos-related cancer.

Steve Coldrick, Director of the HSE's Disease Reduction Programme says, "We need to educate tradesmen about how asbestos and its dangers are relevant to them. We want them to change the way they work so that they don't put their lives at risk."

 

Mesothelioma is a type of cancer which is often caused by exposure to asbestos, and is sometimes known as ‘asbestos cancer’.

If you ever worked in manufacturing industries such as building, ship building, motoring, power stations or household appliance manufacturing you could have been dangerously exposed to asbestos.

Victims who have been exposed to asbestos where it has resulted in pleural plagues, a form of scaring on the outer layers of the lung, will be able to claim asbestos compensation. Victims can lodge their claims to the Ministry of Justice’s Pleural Plagues Former Complaints Payment Scheme and must lodge it before August 2011. The scheme is likely to affect as many as 6,000 people who will gain £5,000 each.

A widow whose husband died from an asbestos related cancer after his lungs were damaged by exposure to asbestos in the workplace, has been successful in her personal injury claim on her husbands behalf.

A woman whose husband died as a result of exposure to asbestos as been awarded £80k in personal injury compensation.