Ill health & disease caused by an injury or accident at work
Your job may be bad for your health (and in some instances, fatal). Hazardous chemicals, dusts, infective agents, or less visible factors such as a stressful workload, assaults or bullying at work, can cause long-term work related disease or ill-health. These complex cases require the specialist expertise of our personal injury solicitors.
We have brought personal injury compensation claims for a wide range of conditions including:-
• Asbestosis
• Dermatitis
• Fibrosing alveolitis
• Lead-poisoning
• Mesothelioma and lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos
• Occupational asthma
• Post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety
• Raynaud’s disease (sometimes called “vibration white finger”)
• Upper limb disorder (sometimes called “repetitive strain injury”)
• Weil's disease
Some of these work- related personal injuries have a long latency period between the date of exposure to the hazard and the date of onset of symptoms. As a result, the 3-year limitation period often becomes a contested issue between us and the employer in the course of a personal injury compensation claim.
If the employer was a company which has since been dissolved and struck off the Register of Companies, we have to restore it to the Register before we can issue personal injury court proceedings against it. If this happens we will trace the employer’s former insurers to ensure that you will receive the compensation to which you are entitled. If the insurers themselves are insolvent, we have to ensure that the Financial Services Compensation Scheme is involved to make payment.
In all cases, we choose the best experts to help us prepare evidence to prove liability for the personal injury or disease, the medical consequences, and the long-term financial cost. Our specialist personal injury solicitors will work in liaison with employment lawyers to ensure that all aspects of your problems are addressed and the best and quickest remedies are pursued.
For free advice, contact Bolt Burdon Kemp’s expert personal injury solicitors and let us assess your claim online.
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