References: Times 25-Feb-1997, [1997] EWCA Civ 1008
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Executors may sue for a dependency claim despite a full and final settlement having been made by the deceased.
This case cites:

• Appeal from – Elizabeth Ann Jameson and Alan William Wyatt (Executors of the Estate of David Allen Jameson) -v- Central Electricity Generating Board and Babcock Energy Limited (Unreported, 10 March 1995)
  The plaintiff claimed damages for mesothelioma. CEGB had provided a contractual indemnity in respect of damage or injury occurring before building works were taken over by a client in 1960. The question was whether a workman who died from . .