Slater & Gordon Lawyers is urging earlier employees from the Goodyear Dunlop tyre factory in the sphere of Thomastown to lodge their details on the firm’s asbestos register, in the same way as it pursues a compensation obtain on behalf of a earlier employee.
Slater & Gordon lawyer Claire Setches thought her client, John Melissinos, 71, was at present in the sphere of poor vigor next being diagnosed with asebstosis. Mr Melissinos had worked by the side of the Goodyear Dunlop tyre factory in the sphere of eminent St, Thomastown from 1975 to 1985.
Mr Melissinos had been exposed to and inhaled considerable quantities of asbestos in the sphere of the track of his employment in the same way as he distant and practical asbestos lagging to steam pipes and lubricate tanks, and in its wastage in the sphere of the tyre-manufacturing process. He had in addition been exposed to asbestos from brake pads, and in the sphere of the process of removing asbestos fragments from the factory floor.
Ms Setches thought her client at present suffered from asbestosis, breathlessness, shock and anxiety, and a significantly-increased venture of lung tumor and mesothelioma.
“He at present in addition has to manage with a multitude of overheads – plus therapeutic, sanatorium, treatment, pharmaceutical overheads, and travel overheads in the same way as he makes his way to appointments and treatments,” she thought.
“What’s added, he willpower need to rely on the kindness of his contacts and category meant for the breather of his life, in the same way as he moves into his senior years with a serious lung condition.”
Ms Setches thought many introduce somebody to an area were not aware with the aim of Goodyear Dunlop had used asbestos products in the sphere of the tyre-manufacturing process.
“Unfortunately, it did. It used asbestos-containing lagging material on steam pipes and in the sphere of machinery used to manufacture tyres,” she thought.
“Many introduce somebody to an area are not aware asbestos was used in the sphere of the tyre-manufacturing process. Many workers who’ve worked in the sphere of related roles to Mr Melissinos would allow been unknowingly and unwittingly been exposed, in the same way as hysterical exclusion of asbestos occurred in the sphere of their day-to-day do.
“Goodyear Dunlop knew or else should to allow accepted its employees were by the side of danger of inhaling asbestos and on the increase serious lung disease in the same way as a consequence, but it botched to take some precautions.”
Mr Melissinos thought he hoped others who’d worked in the sphere of tyre-manufacturing would take heed.
“Most introduce somebody to an area allow rebuff picture with the aim of asbestos was used in the sphere of the tyre industry. I would urge some earlier workers to chat to their doctor and lawyer in the same way as soon in the same way as on the cards,” he thought.
Ms Setches thought while she did not poverty to alarm a person – and it certainly wasn’t the reason with the aim of everybody who has been exposed to asbestos develops lung tumor or else other lung conditions – it was very important some ex-employees of the Thomastown factory position their names on the firm’s asbestos register.
“Slater & Gordon’s register builds a folder of workplaces someplace asbestos has been used, and is a thorough reference spit in the sphere of the event with the aim of workers develop an asbestos-related disease,” she thought.
“If in the sphere of the opportunity, workers are diagnosed with an asbestos-related disease, it income we can move quickly to identify how and someplace the exposure happened.”