From 1960 to 1962 Peter Dennison worked with asbestos as a lagger’s labourer employed by Cape
Insulation Ltd. From 1964 to 1968 he breathed more asbestos
when employed by the Central Electricity Generating Board as a
fitter’s mate at Bow Power Station. In the autumn of 2008, at
the age of 66, he contracted malignant mesothelioma of the pleura.
His wife suffers from severe pain in her
left knee, diabetes and oedema in her lower legs. She needs
two wheelchairs and an electric scooter. Consequently Mr Dennison
performed such tasks as hoovering and dusting, hanging out the
washing and bed-changing, taking her shopping and loading and
unloading, general tidying around the house – all tasks which she
will need to be performed for her after his death, probably by her
paying someone to do them.
In a ground breaking settlement, Rodney Nelson-Jones helped Mr Dennison
to recover almost £50,000 in respect of his inability to
perform these services for his wife after his death, thereby
providing the funds for her to pay someone to carry them out. This
formed part of the overall settlement figure of £218,000.
For further information or if you have an
mesothelioma compensation claim please
call
Rodney Nelson-Jones on 020
7861 4022 or email rodney.nelson-jones@ffw.com.
You can discuss your mesothelioma
compensation claim with any member of our mesothelioma claims team on
freephone 0800 358 3848, email personalinjury@ffw.com or
complete our short enquiry form.