Family Awarded Compensation After Former Swindon Builder’s Death From Asbestos
A family has received £122,500 in compensation from two building companies following their father’s death from asbestos exposure while building homes and factories in the Swindon area. Frederick Dodson...
View ArticleDidcot Man Receives Pay-Out from Steel Company After Asbestos Exposure
A Didcot electrician has received £68,000 in compensation from British Steel after developing lung cancer due to asbestos exposure at work. John Rowlatt was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2012 following...
View ArticleWidow Receives £192k Damages After Husband’s Death From Asbestos
A woman has been awarded £192,000 after taking legal action against Maidstone Borough Council following her husband’s death from exposure to asbestos. Kelvin Jones, died aged 60, in 2011 after...
View ArticleWootton Bassett Widow Receives Damages After Husband’s Death From Asbestos
A widow has received undisclosed damages after her husband’s death as a result of asbestos exposure during his 36 year career with British Rail. Graham Hutchings of Royal Wootton Bassett died, aged 68...
View ArticleWidow of Former Chatham Dockyard Worker Wins Asbestos Damages from Ministry...
A widow of a former joiner at Chatham Dockyard has won £205k in damages from the Ministry of Defence after her husband died from mesothelioma, a health condition related to asbestos exposure. Norma...
View ArticleWiltshire Man Settles Asbestos Claim Against British Rail/Department of...
Derek Iles of Swindon Wiltshire has just settled a claim against his former employers British Rail in Swindon, now under the control of the Department For Transport. Mr Iles left school in 1951 and...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rejects Illogical Precedent on Death Payments
The Supreme Court has ruled that a mesothelioma victim’s family was under-compensated because of the date when damages were calculated. The widower of Mrs Knauer, a former administration assistant who...
View ArticleGloucestershire Widow Wins Asbestos Damages from Bedford Engineering Company
A Gloucestershire widow has won £228k in damages from a Bedford engineering company after her husband died from mesothelioma, a condition related to asbestos exposure. Mary Atkins, of Wollaston, Lydney...
View ArticleFormer Swindon Pressed Steel Worker Wins Asbestos Court Case
Alfred Prater, a former panel beater and welder at Swindon’s Pressed Steel plant has won £37,000 in damages against his former employers and been awarded the right to make future claims if he suffers a...
View ArticleLeeds Man Receives Pay-Out from British Rail After
A former Leeds railway worker has received £55,000 in compensation after developing an asbestos related disease. Michael Turpin, 69, from Oulton, Leeds was diagnosed with asbestosis after developing...
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