Archive for the ‘Asbestos Compensation News’ Category
Asbestos Awareness Courses
It often seems that the official attitude to the continuing deadly dangers of asbestos are wholly negative. The highlighting of countless number of long, drawn out cases battling for mesthelioma compensation against former employers, insurers and defendants lawyers belies the good work being carried out by many organisations and concerned groups.
A Cornwall development company, Norwegian Homes Limited, has been fined £4,500 for failing to undertake a survey for the presence of dangerous asbestos fibres when demolishing a Hotel.
A local authority and it’s contractor have been fined after a worker left a family exposed to dangerous asbestos fibres for three days.
HSE Warn Retailers of Asbestos Dangers
During May the HSE have been contacting retailers advising them of their legal responsibilities on asbestos to ensure workers, customers or any contractors are protected from exposure.
Asbestosis Increase Leads To More Claims.
Assertions that the present dangers of contracting an asbestos related disease are considerably reduced as a result of the banning of its use in products or heightened asbestos awareness, are shown to be false every time Government statistics and anecdotal evidence are released. Consistently rising asbestos compensation figures show very clearly that more people are contracting asbestos-related cancers such as asbestosis and mesothelioma.