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Asbestos fund still on agenda, says government

The government has assured people suffering from asbestos-related disease that a ‘fund of last resort’ is still on the agenda, nearly two years after a report called for its creation.

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) minister Lord Freud is understood to be in negotiations with the insurance industry about setting up a fund for victims who cannot trace insurers. A spokesman for the department said: ‘We continue to talk to stakeholders and we plan to make an announcement in due course.’

In February 2010, a DWP consultation paper found that thousands of sufferers of asbestos-related disease were missing out on compensation through no fault of their own.

January 12, 2012 9:30 am - Posted by Asbestos News  | Comments ( 0 )
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Asbestos claims must be verified

An allotment holder has been told he must dig up his plot to determine whether asbestos has been buried underneath it.

The Environment Agency (EA) is yet to discover whether the toxic substance is buried at the Coton Fields allotment site – despite the health and safety body having been informed nearly a month ago.

Last month the Post revealed how environmental bosses had been inundated with claims from ‘members of the public,’ that asbestos had been buried at Coton Field allotment.

November 3, 2011 9:26 am - Posted by Asbestos News  | Comments ( 0 )
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£4m paid out to asbestos victims

UNION members in the North East have received more than £2m in compensation for asbestos-related disease in the last 18 months.

Trade union Unite and specialist lawyers Thompsons Solicitors won damages for 67 union members and their families, including 15 cases of the fatal asbestos-related lung cancer mesothelioma, according to new figures.

Thompsons have also recovered about £2m for pleural plaques clients under the scheme, including 72 Unite members in the North East who got up to £5,000 each.

September 23, 2011 1:23 pm - Posted by Asbestos News  | Comments ( 0 )
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Son to sue over dad’s asbestos exposure

A son whose father died from cancer related to asbestos exposure has launched a legal battle for compensation of up to £300,000.

Michael Howarth, 63, died from malignant mesothelioma, a cancer of the tissues surrounding his lungs, after being exposed to asbestos at work, according to a High Court writ.

Now his son Adam Howarth is demanding damages from his former employers, Stott Benham, whose predecessors were James Stott and Co (Engineers).

Mr Howarth, of Wales Street, Watersheddings, worked for the company, which made industrial catering equipment at the Vernon Works in Oldham, as an apprentice fitter and then a fitter in the sixties.

September 22, 2011 1:37 pm - Posted by Asbestos News  | Comments ( 0 )
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Relatives sue Coventry Dunlop over asbestos death

RELATIVES of an aircraft worker who died of lung cancer are suing his former bosses.

Maxmillian Surman, who worked for Dunlop in Coventry and lived in Nuneaton, died from mesothelioma – an incurable lung cancer caused by asbestos – in 2009.

Shortly before his death Mr Surman made an appeal for former colleagues to come forward to help him show he was exposed to asbestos at Dunlop in Holbrooks.

Thanks to that appeal in the Telegraph his relatives say they have now gathered enough evidence to lodge a claim for compensation in the High Court.

The writ was submitted by Alida Coates, of Irwin Mitchell Solicitors, who is representing the family.

September 21, 2011 1:26 pm - Posted by Asbestos News  | Comments ( 0 )
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Pay out for Crewe asbestos victim

A CREWE man who was exposed to asbestos as a 14-year-old apprentice has received a substantial sum in compensation.

Albert Greenwood, 84, worked as an apprentice fitter and turner and then as a qualified fitter at Crewe Railway Works.

He was exposed to asbestos daily but was never warned about the dangers or provided with adequate protective equipment.

The great-granddad to six was diagnosed with asbestosis in May last year after suffering from breathing difficulties.

Following his diagnosis his trade union, Unite, instructed national asbestos claims experts Thompsons Solicitors to pursue a claim for compensation.

Thompsons settled the claim out of court.

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Compensation for Crewe asbestos victim

A CREWE man who was exposed to asbestos as a 14-year-old apprentice has received a substantial sum in compensation.

Albert Greenwood, 84, worked as an apprentice fitter and turner and then as a qualified fitter at Crewe Railways Works.

He was exposed to asbestos daily but was never warned about the dangers or provided with adequate protective equipment.

The great granddad to six was diagnosed with asbestosis in May 2010 after suffering from breathing difficulties.

Following his diagnosis his trade union, Unite, instructed national asbestos claims experts Thompsons Solicitors to pursue a claim for compensation.

Thompsons settled the claim out of court.

September 16, 2011 12:29 pm - Posted by Asbestos News  | Comments ( 0 )
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MoD to pay thousands to asbestos victim daughter

A woman is to receive £76,250 in damages from the Ministry of Defence after her father died as a result of asbestos exposure while working onboard naval ships in Portsmouth.

Leslie Elwall, 85, died two years ago after developing mesothelioma as a direct result of coming into contact with asbestos when he worked on board ships including HMS Ark Royal and HMS Albion.

His daughter, Irene Morris, of Bath brought the compensation claim on her father’s behalf after his death.

The family’s solicitor, Brigitte Chandler, of Swindon law firm Charles Lucas & Marshall, said that although Mr Elwall worked on naval ships he was still able to make a claim for compensation because he was a civilian.

September 1, 2011 8:51 am - Posted by Asbestos News  | Comments ( 0 )
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Only days left for asbestos poisoning at work compensation claims

COVENTRY and Warwickshire residents who have suffered asbestos poisoning at work have just a few days left to claim compensation.

In June 2010, the Ministry of Justice launched a scheme allowing workers who had developed pleural plaques – scars on the lungs caused by asbestos – to claim £5,000.

But the application must be made by August 1.

Law firm Irwin Mitchell has represented many Coventry workers whose health has suffered because their bosses exposed them to asbestos.

Its head of asbestos disease litigation, Adrian Budgen, said the expiry of the scheme was a “devastating blow” for those with pleural plaques and urged suffers to contact the solicitor who had handled their claim as fast as possible.

He said: “When pleural plaques is diagnosed, it’s a calling card that a person has been exposed to deadly asbestos dust and that they have a small chance of developing a more serious asbestos-related disease like mesothelioma.”
Source: Coventry Telegraph

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July 21, 2011 9:18 am - Posted by Asbestos News  | Comments ( 0 )
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Family receives compensation over asbestos death

THE family of a South Wales electrician who died from cancer caused by exposure to asbestos at a power station has been awarded “substantial compensation” following a lengthy legal battle.

John Vaughan, from Llantwit Major, was 71 when he died from mesothelioma – a cancer of the lining of the lung caused by exposure to asbestos.

Father-of-three Mr Vaughan, who had six grandchildren, was exposed to asbestos while working at Aberthaw Power Station, which at the time he worked there was run by the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB).

Mr Vaughan had worked at Aberthaw Power Station for 32 years when he retired in 1992. He was exposed to the dust as he worked alongside laggers who were handling asbestos insulating materials.

His family said that following his retirement he led an “active life”, enjoying walking, golf and family holidays. But in November, 2007 he became short of breath.

He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in December 2008 and told he had just six months to live.

Mr Vaughan pursued a claim for compensation, but died before it was finalised.

July 18, 2011 8:48 am - Posted by Asbestos News  | Comments ( 0 )
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South Shields pensioner denied asbestos compensation

A TERMINALLY-ill former factory worker condemned with a deadly lung disease has been refused a claim for compensation.

Pensioner Lilian Rose Asmussen, of Rockcliffe, South Shields, was last year diagnosed with mesothelioma, an incurable asbestos-related cancer of the lungs.

The 78-year-old launched a damages claim against Filtrona UK Ltd, the successor company of her former employer at the Bede industrial estate, in Jarrow.

But she has been left empty-handed after High Court Judge Mr Justice Simon, rejected her case in a judgment delivered at London’s Royal Courts of Justice.

At the hearing it was said that her exposure to the deadly substance happened before its dangers were fully known.

The judge accepted that Mrs Asmussen was “likely” to have been exposed to asbestos dust and that exposure was “likely” to be the cause of her illness.

He said that there had been asbestos-lagged heating pipes at the Cigarette Components’ site, where Mrs Asmussen worked carrying out inspections and testing cigarette filter papers.

But he added that it was more likely that exposure to asbestos fibres happened before 1960, and not in her second period of employment there between 1962 and 1972.

July 11, 2011 8:25 am - Posted by Asbestos News  | Comments ( 0 )
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Fears cancer sufferers will not pursue claims if rules are changed

Plans to make asbestos victims pay their own legal costs in battles for compensation have been branded offensive by a Bradford support group.

Former Bradford textiles union leader Terry Briton, of the Bradford Asbestos Victims Support Group, says the Government should be ashamed.

“Victims have already taken the risk, they’ve already paid a price with their health and they should not have to face forking out any more,” he said.

Mr Briton, of Tong Street, who was the Trade and General Workers Union textiles branch secretary in the city for more than 30 years, said he had lost many colleagues over the years to mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining of the lung caused by exposure to asbestos.

Last week the Government unveiled proposals as part of a Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill which could see personal injury claimants having to pay legal costs previously paid by the defendant when found at fault.

June 30, 2011 2:05 pm - Posted by Asbestos News  | Comments ( 0 )
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Asbestos victim sues for £100,000

AN Oldham electrician who says he was exposed to deadly asbestos dust and fibres at work has launched a legal battle for compensation of up to £100,000 against his former bosses.

A writ issued at London’s High Court says that Anthony Eccles (56) already suffers from thickening of the lung membrane after being exposed to deadly asbestos dust and fibres at work and hints that he could develop lung cancer or some other asbestos- related fatal disease such as mesothelioma.

Now he is suing the Co-operative Group for compensation, and is also seeking the right to return to court to ask for more if his conditions deteriorates and he does develop lung cancer, mesothelioma, pleural plaques, or becomes disabled.

May 27, 2011 8:16 am - Posted by Asbestos News  | Comments ( 0 )
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