I15Discharge of liability to pay damages: exception for mesothelioma
1
This section applies where––
a
the liability to pay damages to A (or to A's executor) is discharged, whether by antecedent agreement or otherwise, by A before A's death,
b
the personal injury in consequence of which A died is mesothelioma, and
c
the discharge and the death each occurred on or after 20th December 2006.
2
Liability arises under section 4(1) but is limited to the payment of such sum of damages as is mentioned in paragraph (b) of section 4(3).