A brief summary of events is set out below.

Date of Accident: February 1999

Time between formal instruction and successful conclusion: 2.5 years due to the nature of our client’s injury and which involved a long period of recovery.

How the claim proceeded:  Liability was admitted by the Defendant’s insurers.

Were Court proceedings necessary?:  No

Was a trial necessary?:  No – once our client had received all of the necessary medical treatment, the claim settled.

Outcome:   The client secured £6,500 for his injuries and just over £18,100 for his financial losses, including travel and care expenses, lost earnings and postal costs.

Comment:  Another driver had a similar experience prior to our client’s accident.  After the accident, when our client had explained that he was injured and in severe pain, the Defendant’s had the levers moved so that they were situated beside the gear lever, which is the usual position for the levers.  Had this been done prior to our client’s accident, after the other driver experienced problems, our client would not have sustained the injury that he did.

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A week later our client, while at another depot, was on the ladder of another unit when the same thing happened again and his right leg went down between the mudguard and steps but on this occasion he fell to the floor and onto his back.  He sustained cartilage damage to his knee and damaged tendons.  We were able to recover personal injury compensation for him of just under £3,500.

A brief summary of events is set out below.

Date of Accident: April 1999

Time between formal instruction and successful conclusion:  1.5 years.

How the claim proceeded:  Liability was eventually admitted by the Defendant’s insurers.

Were Court proceedings necessary?:  No

Was a trial necessary?:  No – once our client had received all of the necessary medical examinations and a medical report had been obtained, the claim settled.

Outcome:   The client secured £3,000 for his injuries and just under £500 for his financial losses, including travel, medical and care expenses, utilities and postal costs.

Comment:  This accident occurred because the Defendant failed to carry out regular maintenance checks of all the ladders on the trucks.  Had they provided our client with safe or adequate equipment or warned him of the defective ladder, he would not have sustained the injury that he did.

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After waiting some time our client put his arm through the bars of the gate to access the telephone to get the gates to open when, without warning, the gate started to open sideways trapping his arm which he heard break.  He managed to get his arm free and fell backwards to the ground in agony and shock.  He sustained a broken arm between his shoulder and elbow and we were able to recover personal injury compensation for him of just under £17,650.

A brief summary of events is set out below.

Date of Accident:  May 2000

Time between formal instruction and successful conclusion: 2 years 5 months.

How the claim proceeded:  Liability was denied on the basis that there was alleged that there was no fault with the gate.

Were Court proceedings necessary?:  Yes due to the denial of liability.

Was a trial necessary?: No – the claim settled before a trial date was set.

Outcome:   The client secured just under £17,650 for his injuries and financial losses, including travel, care and medical expenses, lost earnings, damage to clothing, therapy, gardener and utilities.

Comment:  There were no warning notices concerning the gates and the telephone was incorrectly located.  Following the accident notices were erected and the telephone was moved.  Had this been done prior to our client’s accident, he would not have sustained the injuries that he did.

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Date of Accident:  February 2000

Time between formal instruction and successful conclusion:  1 year 5 months.

How the claim proceeded:  Liability was denied by the shopping centre’s insurers on the basis that they had provided warning signs.  They produced photographs of some signs but it soon became clear that they were taken after the date of the accident and had no relevance to the case at all. 

Were Court proceedings necessary?:  Yes due to the denial of liability.

Was a trial necessary?:  No – a reasonable offer to settle the claim was made by the shopping centre’s insurers shortly after Court proceedings were issued.

Outcome:   Our client secured £2,450 for her injuries and financial losses, including travel, care and medical expenses, damage to clothing and postal costs.

Comment:  This accident occurred because the shopping centre allowed all people using the complex to be put at risk in having to walk on a wet floor when it was patently unsafe to do so.  Had signs been provided to warn shoppers by of the wet floor, our client would not have sustained the injuries that she did.

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Whilst lifting the storm drain our client felt a twinge in his lower back.  He drove to the site to drop the items off and as he was lifting the storm drain out of his cab he felt a twinge in his back again.  By the evening he was bent over double with pain as he had sustained muscle and nerve damage to his lower back.  This was clearly an unsafe system of work and we were able to recover personal injury compensation for him of £6,000.

A brief summary of events is set out below.

Date of Accident:  April 2000

Time between formal instruction and successful conclusion: 2 years 2 months.

How the claim proceeded:  Liability was denied on the basis that our client had received all of the necessary Health and Safety training and should not have lifted the drain all by himself.  However, when we requested proof of the training the employer’s insurers were unable to provide us with this.  Even if they had, our client had received a direct instruction from a superior and could not be at faulted.

Were Court proceedings necessary?: No

Was a trial necessary?:  No – although the denial of liability was maintained throughout a settlement was eventually agreed at a satisfactory level of compensation.

Outcome:   The client recovered £6,000 for his injuries and financial losses, including lost earnings, travel, medical and care expenses and postal costs.

Comment:  This accident could have easily been avoided had the employer provided our client with assistance as the items were clearly too heavy for one person to carry. 

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Date of Accident:  February 2000

Time between formal instruction and successful conclusion: 1 year 5 months.

How the claim proceeded:  Basic liability was admitted by the employer’s insurers who then made an allegation against our client of contributory negligence on the basis that a walk round check should have been made by our client when the fault would have been detected.  However, our client was employed as a warehouseman and not a driver and it was unrealistic to expect him to inspect the vehicle to ensure the cab was safe as he had not been trained to do so.  Eventually the allegation was dropped.

Were Court proceedings necessary?:  Yes as it was not possible to agree on a valuation of the claim.

Was a trial necessary?:  No – the claim settled shortly after the allegation of contributory negligence was dropped.

Outcome:   The client secured just over £3,000 for his injuries and financial losses, including lost earnings, travel expenses, utilities, postal costs and film processing.

Comment:  This accident occurred because the employer allowed the lorry to be driven on a highway in a defective condition.  Had they ensured that regular safety checks were made on the vehicle, our client would not have sustained the injuries that he did.

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The first was off loaded without difficulty but as the forklift truck approached the vehicle for the second pallet, the boxes on it started to fall.  As the boxes fell, our client was trapped between the headboard in the back of the vehicle and the boxes falling from the pallet, causing him to twist awkwardly as he fell to the floor.  He sustained a soft tissue injury to his left knee which later required fluid to be drained from it.  We were able to recover personal injury compensation for him of £2,000.

A brief summary of events is set out below.

Date of Accident:  October 1999

Time between formal instruction and successful conclusion: 1 year 6 months.

How the claim proceeded:  Liability was denied by the employer’s insurers on the basis that our client should not have been in the back of the van whilst it was being unloaded, however there was no way the forklift truck could get to the second pallet without our client pushing it towards the truck.  Liability was eventually admitted but with a counter allegation that our client still contributed to the accident by being inside the vehicle.

Were Court proceedings necessary?: Yes due to the denial of liability.

Was a trial necessary?:  No – the claim settled before a trial date had been set.

Outcome:   The client secured £2,000 for his injuries and financial losses, including travel, care and medical expenses, lost earnings, damaged clothing, utilities and postal costs.

Comment:  This accident occurred because the employer failed to ensure that the boxes on the pallets had been properly secured.  Had they enforced an adequate system of inspection to check that the boxes were properly secured our client would not have sustained the injury that he did.

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Date of Accident:  January 2000

Time between formal instruction and successful conclusion:  7 months.

How the claim proceeded:  Liability was denied by the employer’s insurers on the basis that our client had not asked for any better tools to do the job.  However, it was not his responsibility to advise what his employer should provide him with as they had a duty to make available for him a safe system of work and appropriate tools, and which duty they breached.

Were Court proceedings necessary?:  Yes due to the denial of liability.

Was a trial necessary?:  No – the claim settled one week before the trial date.

Outcome:   The client secured £4,000 for his injuries and financial losses, including travel, care and medical expenses, lost earnings, utilities and postal costs.

Comment:  This accident could have easily been avoided had the employer provided our client with work equipment suitable for the purpose for which it was to be used.  By failing to do so, the employer was responsible for the cause of the accidental injury and the compensation for the harm caused.

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A brief summary of events is set out below.

Date of Accident: April 1999

Time between formal instruction and successful conclusion:  2 years ½ month.

How the claim proceeded:  Liability was admitted by the employer’s insurers.

Were Court proceedings necessary?:  Yes as it was not possible to agree on a valuation of the claim and this was the reason why the case took so long to settle.

Was a trial necessary?: No – eventually the claim settled after protracted negotiations.

Outcome:   The client secured £10,000 for his injuries and financial losses, including travel expenses, lost earnings and medical expenses.

Comment:  This accident could have easily been avoided had there been an adequate system for the inspection and maintenance of the cobbled roadway, to ensure that any defects were repaired.  Had this been implemented, our client would not have sustained the injury that he did.

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Date of Accident: December 1999

Time between formal instruction and successful conclusion:  1 year 7 months.

How the claim proceeded:  Liability was denied by her employer’s insurers on the basis that they had maintenance records of the buffer machine indicating it to be in good repair.

Were Court proceedings necessary?:  Yes due to the denial of liability.

Was a trial necessary?:  No.  Liability was admitted less than two weeks after Court proceedings had been issued and shortly afterwards the claim settled.

Outcome:   The client secured £5,600 for her injuries and financial losses, including travel, care and medical expenses, and lost earnings.  The insurers also paid for rehabilitation by way of treatment by an Osteopath.

Comment:  Prior to the accident, our client made numerous complaints to her employers that the buffer was jerking and the complaint was passed on to the area manager but nothing was done.  Had the employers heeded our client’s complaints and maintained the buffer in a state of good repair she would not have sustained the injuries at all.

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