Family Receive Compensation for Death due to Mesothelioma

by | Nov 16, 2014

The family of a man who died after being exposed to asbestos in the workplace is to receive a six-figure settlement of compensation for death due to mesothelioma.

Peter McCormack from Whickham, Tyne and Wear, died in December 2013 after an eighteen-month illness with mesothelioma – a cancer in the lining of the lungs caused by exposure to asbestos dust and fibres.

Prior to his death, seventy-three year old Peter had instructed solicitors to see if more could have been done to protect him from the health risks associated with asbestos during his employment at EON UK (1957 – 1962) and OSG Ship Management (1965 – 1997).

Peter claimed that during his employment with EON UK, he worked alongside laggers who mixed and applied asbestos lagging to new pipes and fittings, and while employed at OSG Ship Management (formerly known as W A Souter Ltd) he was again exposed to asbestos dust working as an onboard engineer.

Solicitors working on Peter´s behalf discovered that his role at OSG Ship Management had included repairing pipes and other metalwork lagged with asbestos, and that asbestos dust was prevalent on internal surfaces of the ships Peter worked on. When the dust was disturbed, it was released into the air and inhaled.

After Peter died, the claim for compensation for death due to mesothelioma was taken over by his daughter Elke (41) on behalf of herself and Peter´s other daughter, Natalie. Elke continued to work with the solicitors that Peter had engaged until a settlement of the claim was negotiated. The two daughters will now share an undisclosed six-figure settlement of compensation for death due to mesothelioma.

After the settlement was agreed, Elke commented “My dad was always an extremely active man, spending his time mountaineering, walking and cycling, but after his diagnosis his health deteriorated rapidly and was unable to do the things he enjoyed so much. The diagnosis also caused him severe distress and anxiety for his future”.

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