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Widow receives £110,000 settlement from MOD after husband’s death from asbestosis

Boyes Turner’s industrial disease team were contacted by the widow of a former Chatham Dockyard worker shortly after his death from lung cancer and asbestosis. Her husband had died of suspected lung cancer which had...
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Former electrician’s £140,000 provisional damages settlement for mesothelioma leaves door open for private treatment costs

Boyes Turner’s mesothelioma and asbestos claims team have secured a provisional damages award of £140,000 for a former bus company electrician who has been diagnosed with asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma. At the time of his diagnosis,...
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Liability judgment for diabetic amputee after delay in treatment

Boyes Turner’s amputation specialists have secured a liability judgment for a 40-year-old diabetic man who suffered a below knee amputation after the nurse practitioner at his GP’s surgery failed to refer him to a multidisciplinary...
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Asbestosis settlement for docker in contested limitation case

Boyes Turner’s asbestos and mesothelioma claims team have achieved a settlement for a former docker in a fiercely contested and complicated case. Our client, James, was a former docker with the National Dock Labour Board...
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Provisional damages for lagger with asbestos-related lung cancer

Boyes Turner’s mesothelioma and asbestos claims team have secured a £55,000 provisional damages settlement for a former lagger with asbestos-related lung cancer (squamous cell carcinoma of the lung) even though he smoked 5 cigarettes per...
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Mesothelioma Case Settled Within Five Months

Boyes Turner’s asbestos and mesothelioma lawyers have secured a lifetime settlement for a former British Rail employee within five months of instruction. The claim settled at full value despite initial concerns about an inconclusive diagnosis....
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Lifetime Interim payment and settlement for bereaved family of carpenter with mesothelioma

Boyes Turner’s mesothelioma specialists have secured a settlement for the family of a former carpenter and joiner, Mr Y, who died from the asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma. The asbestos and mesothelioma claims team were instructed by...
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Settlement of £147,000 for asbestos-related lung cancer

Ken instructed Boyes Turner’s expert mesothelioma and asbestos claims solicitors to investigate a claim for compensation for him after he was diagnosed with lung cancer. Ken who was originally from Sheffield retired to Australia and...
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£75,000 settlement for non-dependent family of former joiner after his death from mesothelioma

Boyes Turner’s mesothelioma and asbestos claims team have secured a £75,000 settlement for the bereaved family of a former joiner who died in his early 60s from asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma. The claim was settled within...
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Second damages award and new provisional damages order following deterioration of asbestos-related diffuse pleural thickening

Our expert mesothelioma and asbestos claims solicitors have secured a second damages award and further provisional damages order for a former labourer after the post-settlement deterioration of his asbestos-related disease. First settlement for 13% respiratory...
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£480,000 settlement for additional sight-loss from delayed diagnosis of craniopharyngioma

Boyes Turner’s medical negligence lawyers have achieved a £480,000 settlement for a boy whose inevitable sight-loss from a rare, benign brain tumour was worsened by a six-month delay in diagnosis. Delayed diagnosis The two-year-old boy’s...
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£85,025 settlement for bereaved family of former construction project manager

Boyes Turner’s asbestos disease lawyers have negotiated an £85,025 settlement for the bereaved family of a former construction project manager whose death was partially caused by asbestosis. The deceased contacted us during his final weeks...
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Compensation recovered for burns injury victim

Boyes Turner’s specialist personal injury solicitors have secured compensation for Sian*, who suffered burns to her back and left arm when working in a clothes shop. Injuries One of her colleagues was engaged in some...
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Settlement for widow of former fitter with pleural thickening

Our specialist asbestos claims lawyers have secured a settlement for the widow of a former fitter whose asbestos-related diffuse pleural thickening was 20-25% responsible for his respiratory disability in the final year of his life....
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£1.5 million lump sum plus lifelong annual payments of £225,000pa after fall in hospital causes tetraplegia

Boyes Turner’s spinal injury specialists have obtained a substantial settlement for a tetraplegic client whose devastating condition was caused by a fall from the hospital chair where he was left to sleep after undergoing unnecessary...
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£59,600 asbestos disease settlement for bereaved, non-dependent family of former builder

Boyes Turner’s asbestos disease specialists have negotiated a settlement of just over £59,600 for the bereaved but non-dependent family of a former builder and carpenter whose asbestos-related pleural effusion and pleural thickening contributed to the...

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