We recovered damages for Jean
Ambrose following the death of her husband from
mesothelioma.
Peter Williams pursued a mesothelioma claim against Exxon Mobil (formerly
Mobil Oil) who had exposed Mr Ambrose to asbestos while he was
working there as a maintenance engineer from 1958 to 1984.
Mr Ambrose was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2006,when he was
76.
Mrs Ambrose cared for him during his illness until he passed
away in November 2009.
The case was out of time under court rules because Mr Ambrose
had not issued a claim against Mobil within 3 years of his
diagnosis. Mrs Ambrose was unaware of this.
Following the inquest the coroner advised Mrs
Ambrose to instruct a solicitor. She contacted two firms of
solicitors who did not pursue her claim.
She eventually contacted Peter
Williams who decided to pursue her claim, even though the
deadline for pursuing a mesothelioma compensation claim had
passed.
Peter negotiated a settlement for Mrs Ambrose, arguing that the
Mobil were not disadvantaged by the delay as they had seen and
settled asbestos claims in the past arising from the same
circumstances, many of them conducted by Field Fisher
Waterhouse.
After the case Mrs Ambrose said
"Peter was fantastic. I really couldn’t have wished for anything
more.
"He worked really hard on my claim and really knew his stuff. I
have passed his number on to others because I was so pleased."
For further information or if you have a
mesothelioma compensation claim please call
Peter
Williams on 020 7861 4825 or
email peter.williams@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.