Archive for the ‘Asbestos Compensation News’ Category
Victory for Asbestos Victims
A ruling today in the Supreme Court has upheld a decision to compensate two victims of mesothelioma, an incurable lung cancer, who had been exposed to small amounts of asbestos dust.
Mr B is awarded £12,500 on behalf of his late father who tragically died suffering from an asbestos related condition. His Father was exposed to asbestos dust whilst working as an Electrician for contractor firm Holliday Hall and Stinson during the construction of Ratcliffe on Soar Power Station in 1968. After being taken on by the CEGB to work in this power station he continued to be exposed to asbestos whilst performing his duties up until 1976
Successful Asbestos Claimants May Claim Again
Following a decision in made by the House of Lords that pleural plaques should no longer be compensated, the English government established a scheme whereby the government (rather than negligent Defendant) would make a one off payment of £5,000 to victims who had already commenced their claims before 17th October 2007.
Equitas, the reinsurance vehicle created by Lloyd’s of London to pay off all the liabilities of Lloyd’s reinsurance syndicates for policies written before 1993 and asbestos-related claims, many of which go back to the 1950s and 60s, have just recently announced it would “ … make (ex-gratia) payments to mesothelioma victims in situations where they would have been compensated by a Lloyd’s policy but the company no longer exists or cannot be traced.”