ASBESTOSIS CLAIMS - UK COMPENSATION SOLICITORS
An asbestosis claim arises as a result of a lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos which is usually due to the negligence of an employer in failing to provide a safe system of work, failing to provide adequate safety equipment or failing to ensure a safe working environment. Most victims of this disease are entitled to seek justice and financial redress by making an asbestosis claim for compensation against a former employer in a court of law.
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Irritant Fibres
Asbestos consists of extremely small fibres which when breathed in can become lodged inside the lungs and lung cavities. The irritant properties of asbestos subsequently cause scarring or thickening of the lung tissue which restricts oxygen capacity. This serious medical condition may eventually affect substantial areas of tissue and is called diffuse pulmonary fibrosis which makes the lungs shrink and stiffen causing breathlessness, chest pain, tightness, coughing and fatigue.
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Symptoms
The severity of the symptoms, which also increases the risk of contracting other lung diseases, varies from mild to severe including a significant number of fatalities as a result of respiratory failure. Smokers who are exposed to asbestos fibres have a much higher risk of developing other lung diseases including lung cancer than smokers who are never exposed to the substance. Victims who have contracted a serious illness partly through exposure to asbestos and partly through smoking can make a successful asbestosis claim for compensation.
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Time Limits
Asbestosis can occur as a result of exposure to asbestos that occurred decades before the disease became significant. An asbestosis claim must be settled or proceedings must have been issued in a court of law within three years of the "date of knowledge". This date is when the individual was first told by medical professionals that they were suffering from an asbestos related illness.
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Negligent Employers
Specialist solicitors begin by considering a chronology of the victim's employment. Most exposure occurs in a work environment and the responsibility often lies with the employer. Individuals who are likely to come into contact with asbestos tend to have many different employers between the time when they were exposed and when they are diagnosed. It is part of the solicitor's role to trace employers and their insurer. A medical report is commissioned with the intention of confirming the diagnosis and the probability that the exposure was caused by working conditions. If an insurer can be found, or if the employer is still in existence, then the case can proceed. An asbestosis claim can also be made by the family of a victim who has died from an asbestos related disease.
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No Win No Fee
Our specialist personal injury solicitors have extensive experience of asbestos related disease compensation claims using the risk free no win no fee scheme. Damages are paid in full with no deductions. For free advice just use the helpline or complete the contact form and a member of the Law Society panel of personal injury experts will speak to you with no obligation. We will asses you claim and give you an early indication of the value of any likely award and whether or not we see any difficulties with establishing liability or tracing employers or insurers. If you instruct our solicitors to represent you they will leave no stone unturned in their quest for compensation and will zealously protect your interests.
In the case of CICA claims terms will vary and in the case of MIB claims terms may vary.