Rodney Nelson-Jones has recovered £12,500 for another hospice
for its care of a mesothelioma victim. This is the second
hospice case of this nature that Rodney has completed in
recent months.
Anthony Schneider was employed as a lagger’s
mate by Apex Insulation which sent him to work at schools,
factories and offices in the London area. He had to pour
asbestos out of paper bags into a large tub where he mixed asbestos
with water and took it to where the laggers were working. He
stripped off old asbestos from pipes and boilers and swept up waste
asbestos with a broom into piles. He breathed huge quantities
of asbestos for about a year.
50 years later he contracted the fatal
asbestos tumour of mesothelioma. St Francis Hospice in Romford
cared for him as an in-patient during the last three weeks of his
life from 11 March to 2 April 2008.
When his widow Linda Schneider sued Apex
Insulation for damages, Rodney Nelson-Jones included a claim for
the value of the charitable care which St Francis Hospice had
applied to her late husband. £12,500 was recovered for this,
as part of the overall £187,500 settlement, and has been paid over
to the hospice. The hospice director Dr Corinna Midgley
expressed herself delighted to receive such a substantial sum which
she said will be used to support other patients under the care of
the hospice.
For further information or if you have an
mesothelioma claim please
call Rodney Nelson-Jones
on
020 7861 4022 or email rodney.nelson-jones@ffw.com.
You can discuss your mesothelioma
claim with any member of our mesothelioma team on freephone 0800 358
3848, email personalinjury@ffw.com or
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