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- Chef in UK awarded compensation for mesothelioma
An Italian chef who worked at an asbestos-contaminated pizza restaurant in the UK during the 1980s was diagnosed with
mesothelioma in 2008 and recently secured financial compensation.
According to the Salisbury Journal, Luigi
Pes was exposed to asbestos found in the oven and ceiling of the former La Gondola restaurant in Salisbury, UK. The restaurant reportedly changed ownership in 2001 and shut its doors in 2005, the news source said.
Pes, who is married and has two adult children, claimed his employers were responsible for exposing him to asbestos without warning him of the potential dangers, which include the development of
asbestosis and
lung cancer, in addition to malignant
mesothelioma.
"For many years I worked there with no idea about the damage asbestos could do to my health," said
Pes. "In later years when I became aware about the dangers of asbestos, I had an idea that I had been exposed but I never expected that I would end up with this disease."
The
asbestos settlement was reportedly reached out of court, according to the news source.