Man's family compensated for mesothelioma death
No win no fee lawyers of the family of a man who died from asbestos related disease were successful in getting £89,000 in a compensation claim.
The 76-year-old member of train drivers’ union ASLEF, died just seven months after he was diagnosed with mesothelioma.
The no win no fee lawyers were successful in proving that he was exposed to asbestos while working for a rail firm, from 1952 until 1996. He retired after 44 years of service as a train driver.
He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in December 2007 after attending his GP complaining about loss of energy and breathlessness.
His brother said: “After my brother and his partner died I decided to take the claim on in my brother’s memory. The compensation was less important than making sure his employer recognised the lives they had ruined by exposing him to asbestos.”
No win no fee lawyers successfully settled the claim out of court after the company admitted public liability.
After the settlement, the lawyers said: “The union’s legal service has decades of experience of pursuing asbestos claims with the expertise that our clients and their families can rely on to deal with tragic cases like this sensitively, efficiently and at no cost to themselves.”
Updated on 09/03/2010