Leigh Day & Co has achieved a significant settlement for the family of a mesothelioma victim, David Ager.  Mr Ager died in 2005 from the deadly asbestos related cancer and his daughter instructed Leigh Day & Co to pursue a claim in relation to his past asbestos exposure.

Before his death, Mr Ager remembered being exposed to asbestos when he had a job interview at Cape’s asbestos factory in Barking, and possibly also from dust that escaped from the same factory when he worked in Barking during the 1960’s.  The Defendants never admitted liability for Mr Ager’s illness.

Mr Ager’s case was outside the boundaries of a typical asbestos case, because it did not involve exposure in the workplace and was possibly only limited to a period of two hours exposure during a job interview.  Typically cases involve exposure in the workplace and for a much longer period of time.  However, the family were able to pursue the case because a statement was taken from Mr Ager before he died.