Six-figure sum secured for client
Our Client was employed from the late 1950’s until the mid-1960’s, working for a relative’s business as an apprentice labourer. During this period of employment, our Client was exposed to a significant amount of asbestos fibres. He regularly removed and cut up Asbestolux sheeting which was used on garage roofs and he spent much time fire-proofing stairs and doors, as well as carrying out partitioning work.
Our Client’s former employer is no longer trading and so investigations were carried out to see if the relevant employers’ liability insurers could be identified. Those insurers could not be traced and so we made a claim on our Client’s behalf to the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (DMPS).
The Scheme provides compensation to mesothelioma sufferers who were negligently exposed to asbestos in the course of their employment but who are unable to pursue their former employers because they are no longer trading and the relevant employers’ liability insurers cannot be identified.
Having provided all the relevant evidence and documentation to the Scheme Administrators, including extended research relating to the former employer’s name and periods of exposure to asbestos, our Client’s application was successful. A six-figure sum was secured for our Client – an amount that will significantly assist in his future care, well being and medical treatment.
Mesothelioma cases are a complex area of the law and it is essential that only specialist lawyers who deal with these cases on a daily basis pursue them. Our Asbestos & Mesothelioma Compensation Team has decades of experience between them – the Team knows asbestos disease cases inside out. They treat every client as an individual and strive to take away the worry of a legal claim.
If you have been diagnosed with an asbestos related condition, we encourage you to seek legal advice without delay from our Asbestos & Mesothelioma Compensation Team – even if your former employers are no longer trading. There is no financial risk to you, as all of our asbestos disease cases are dealt with on a “no win no fee” basis and we do not take any deductions from compensation for legal costs.