From 1962 to 1978 LG was employed as an apprentice engineer and
as a projects engineer at YA&Y Ltd. From time to time he
worked near to thermal insulation engineers and asbestos sprayers
and also workers who cut asbestos flues to
size for installation, installed asbestos blankets in ceiling
voids, installed gaskets including asbestos rope. In November
2006 he was informed that he had mesothelioma.
After he first instructed FFW in January 2007,
Rodney Nelson-Jones promptly travelled
to see him at his home three days later and took a lengthy
statement from him. Sadly, he died in May before his own
Court action could be concluded. In January 2008, 12 months
after being instructed, Rodney successfully settled his widow’s
claim for £450,000.
It is standard FFW practice to travel promptly to
the homes of mesothelioma sufferers and take full and detailed
statements from them. These statements help to win their
cases, whatever may happen to them later.
The case was funded throughout by no win no fee agreements, initially with LG and
subsequently with his widow.