Speedy admission and interim payments for mesothelioma patient and widow
EO was employed as a lagger's mate, a lagger and then a foreman by Kitsons Insulation between about 1965-1996. In the early years, he undertook insulation work in different settings including schools, hospitals and private properties, using materials that contained asbestos. EO had to carry paper sacks containing raw asbestos, cut them open and mix raw asbestos fibres with water in a drum before applying it to pipework. He swept up asbestos dust and debris.
At this period, Kitsons knew or should have known that inhalation of asbestos dust might be dangerous and that they could and should protect employees.
In 2020, EO was diagnosed with mesothelioma and he died only five months later. Immediately following his diagnosis, EO contacted HASAG and then contacted Andrew Morgan for help.
Andrew has made many claims against Kitsons over the years. During the Covid pandemic, he took a statement from EO by video link and achieved an admission of liability and interim payment of £50,000 within a month, which helped provide private nursing care.
Prior to his illness, EO cared for his wife who had physical and psychiatric difficulties of her own. He was able to manage her condition and provide her with supervision, care and support. As he became ill, and after his death, his wife needed intensive levels of care and support from others. She spent many months in a specialist nursing home. Andrew was able to obtain a second interim payment of £50,000 to help pay for this care.
It was clear that EO's widow lacked mental capacity to give instructions regarding the claim. Her daughter, already the Executrix of EO's estate, instructed Fieldfisher to apply for a deputyship so as to manage her mother's affairs and so that she could get access to her mother's medical records for the purposes of the claim.
Sadly, EO's widow died 18 months after EO. The claim eventually settled for £270,000.
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For further information about mesothelioma compensation claims, please call Andrew Morgan on 0330 460 6737 or email andrew.morgan@fieldfisher.com.
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