Accident compensation claim case studies
Full client names have been removed to maintain client confidentiality.Mr G – awarded £2,000
Howells acted for Mr G who suffered an injury whilst employed as a skip lorry driver. At one point during his employment he was asked to clean up some line pallets from the company premises; a task which was outside his normal duties. Although he was provided with some safety goggles, they were faulty, allowing lime dust into his eye causing an injury.
Mr L – awarded £22,000
Mr L was employed as an apprentice at an engineering company. During the course of his employment he was taught to use a lathe machine which was used for cutting and reducing the diameter of a circle of metal. The machine was not designed to be operated manually. Despite this fact Mr L was asked by his employers to turn the machine onto manual mode in order to clean it using an emery cloth; the cleaning process also involved removing all the safety guards from the machine. The emery cloth became entangled, pulling his right hand into the mechanics of the machine and amputating his middle finger. Although the defendants admitted liability, they alleged that Mr L should bear 25% of the responsibility (contributory negligence) for his role in the accident. Howells’ accident compensation lawyers successfully defended Mr L, arguing that as his role as an apprentice he should be supervised at all times. We obtained statements from Mr L and his work colleagues assuring this was not the case. The case was settled for £22,000.
Mr D – awarded £15,750
Mr D was employed to assemble and repair cold store rooms. Whilst replacing a door in one of the large cold rooms in a customer’s factory he was not provided with sufficient scaffolding to perform his job so used a step ladder instead. As he was on the step ladder replacing one of the doors the ladder slipped causing Mr D to fall. He suffered a fractured skull, a fracture to his left cheekbone bruising to his right leg. Although the defendant denied liability, they failed to provide us with the appropriate documentation to support their denial such as risk assessments and accident book entries etc. Our accident compensation solicitors made an appeal for disclosure of these documents which was successful. The documents assisted us when negotiating with the defendants as they had failed to carry out the necessary risk assessments. The defendants eventually admitted liability and the matter was settled out of court for a sum of £15,750.
Mr B – awarded £5,600
Mr B, a sales person for a car dealership, contacted Howells Solicitors accident compensation team after he leaned back on his chair, which collapsed causing him to fall onto his back. We argued that his employers should have replaced the chair as they had been asked to on numerous occasions. Liability was admitted immediately by the employers and we sought interim payments to fund the cost of the medical treatments Mr B required to check the extent of injury to his back. The case was settled out of court for £5,600.
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Mr D was employed to assemble and repair cold store rooms. Whilst replacing a door in one of the large cold rooms in a customer’s factory he was not provided with sufficient scaffolding to perform his job so used a step ladder instead. As he was on the step ladder replacing one of the doors the ladder slipped causing Mr D to fall. He suffered a fractured skull, a fracture to his left cheekbone bruising to his right leg. Although the defendant denied liability, they failed to provide us with the appropriate documentation to support their denial such as risk assessments and accident book entries etc. Our accident compensation solicitors made an appeal for disclosure of these documents which was successful. The documents assisted us when negotiating with the defendants as they had failed to carry out the necessary risk assessments. The defendants eventually admitted liability and the matter was settled out of court for a sum of £15,750.
Mr B – awarded £5,600
Mr B, a sales person for a car dealership, contacted Howells Solicitors accident compensation team after he leaned back on his chair, which collapsed causing him to fall onto his back. We argued that his employers should have replaced the chair as they had been asked to on numerous occasions. Liability was admitted immediately by the employers and we sought interim payments to fund the cost of the medical treatments Mr B required to check the extent of injury to his back. The case was settled out of court for £5,600.
If you would like to be Howells’ latest success story then contact our expert team of accident compensation solicitors. Call 029 2069 5939 today.
