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School Caretaker develops Mesothelioma after cleaning boiler rooms |
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| Mr S received payment for Mesothelioma Compensation of £110,000 |
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| According to a Government survery conducted in 2008, it is estimated that about
70% of school buildings contain asbestos, either in the walls, pipes or ceilings. Since 1980, more than
200 teachers have died of mesothelioma with around 140 teachers dying in the last decade. Mesothelioma has
also taken the lives of caretakers, secretaries, cooks, cleaners and nursery nurses. |
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| The following is an example of the many claims our solicitors have made
on behalf of school teachers and other staff exployed by schools. |
| The onset of the symptoms of Mesothelioma was in November 2010, Mr S was 82 at the time. |
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Exposure to asbestos at several London Schools |
| Mr S was employed by London City Council and London Borough of Newham Council from
1960 - 1989. During this time he was a school caretaker at Brook House School in Clapton from 1960-1962,
at Roman Road School from 1962 – 1964 and at Brampton Manor School from 1964 – 1989. |
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| Brook House School was built on the site of an asylum which was bombed during
the second world war. The LCC purchased the house and 5.5 acres of the Brooke House estate in 1944.
Brooke House was demolished in 1954, Brooke House School was built on the site in 1960. Asbestos was
used extensively in the pipes and boiler rooms of the rebuilt school. A Sixth Form College was opened
on the site in September 2002. |
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| As a school caretaker Mr S had to clean the boiler rooms at the various schools
he worked at. The pipes and boilers in the boiler rooms were lagged with asbestos and were in a very
poor state of repair. |
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| One school he worked at had an asbestos corrugated roof and Mr S was often
present when various maintenance and repair works were carried out on the schools. He often had to
clean and sweep up after the work was completed. When Mr S worked at Brampton Manor in the 1970s, the
school was extended and that he recalls that asbestos may have been used. Again, he had to clean up after
the workmen and may well have breathed in asbestos dust. |
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| Mr S decided that he wanted to settle the claim on a lost years basis
so that he knew his family would be financially secure, even though the claim may have been worth more
on a dependency basis. Terms of settlement were agreed during the claimant's lifetime, unfortunately,
the compensation was not received until after his death in October 2011. |
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Have you been diagnosed with mesothelioma after asbestos exposure at a school? |
| If you have been exposed to asbestos while teaching or working at a school in the
UK and have recently developed mesothelioma, we will able to help you to claim compensation. Our solicitors
have dealt with hundreds of similar cases and have recovered millions in compensation.
Contact us on FreePhone 0800 783 9535 and ask for Lynne Manners or Warren Miller. |
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