What are Work-Related Lung Diseases?
Work-related lung diseases are lung conditions which could be caused or aggravated by coming into contact with materials, chemicals and/or toxic fumes in the workplace.
Partner, Industrial Disease Claims
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and this year we’re sharing our client’s story of how she was able to access support and compensation following her husband’s death from the asbestos related lung cancer Mesothelioma
Our client, who we’ll refer to as Mrs. P, had been married to her husband since 1960. They’d had enjoyed a good life together and had two children, a son and a daughter. Mr and Mrs. P would regularly go on coach trip holidays and frequently went on long walks in the countryside.
In 2018 Mr P began to struggle with breathlessness and chest pains which gradually made him less and less mobile. Mr. P initially put his breathlessness down to his back as he had suffered with back problems for years. But, in 2019, Mr. P was told, following a scan, he had a lesion in his lungs, and he was subsequently diagnosed with asbestos related lung cancer.
His family were understandably devastated at this diagnosis, but not surprised. It was well known that Mr. P was exposed to high levels of asbestos over many years at work and two of his former colleagues had recently passed away from asbestos related illnesses.
To find out more about how we can help following a work-related mesothelioma diagnosis, get in touch with our industrial disease teams.
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