Accident at Work – A Minor
Our client (who was aged 16 at the time of her accident) was working on a production line in a factory. In the course of her employment one of the lids she was putting onto a pie base flipped and missed the pie base, as she went to place the lid on the pie the cutter arm of the machine came down onto her hand cutting off her thumb and lacerating her hand. We obtained an admission of liability from the Defendants and the matter settled for £22,750 without the need to issue court proceedings.

Road Traffic Accident - Driver
Our client, the Claimant, whilst driving his vehicle was hit in the rear by the Defendant’s vehicle. The Defendant alleged that no impact occurred or that if impact did occur it was so minor that it could not have caused any injury to the Claimant whatsoever. We issued court proceedings and the court found in favour of our client and awarded him £1,250 damages for a whiplash injury lasting 6 weeks.

Road Traffic Accident - Pedestrian
Our client, aged 54 at the time of the accident, was crossing a road when he was knocked down by a motor vehicle which was being driven by the Defendant. Our client could not recall how the accident occurred as he was knocked unconscious at the scene. Police evidence showed our client to be under the influence of drink. The Defendant disputed liability, stating that he was driving the vehicle in a safe and reasonable manner and the accident occurred because our client was drunk and had walked out into the road without checking for oncoming vehicles. There were no independent witnesses. We proceeded to obtain medical evidence which showed our client had suffered a fractured tibia & fibula, a fracture to his right clavicle and a minor head injury. After negotiations the Defendant accepted they had some responsibility to our client even though they believed him to be partly to blame for the accident and the claim settled for £5000.

Accident at Work
The Claimant was involved in an accident at work. The Claimant was told that he had to remove a heavy object from the back of a lorry, using a hand held trolley. As the Claimant tried to lift with the lip of the trolley, the lip of the trolley broke off, causing the Claimant to fall backwards and off the tail lift of his lorry. The Claimant fell over 4 feet to the ground, landing on his right heel, which shattered.

The Claimant sustained massively incapacitating personal injuries, and his right foot is now 3 shoe sizes larger than the left as a direct result of those injuries. The Claimant was unable to return to work, and was told he will never work again. He had 10 years of his normal working life remaining. The Claimant was dependent upon his family and partner for help and personal assistance, and had to undergo months of physiotherapy. Now, the Claimant can walk only 25 metres before needing to take a rest.

Liability was initially disputed by his employers, but was subsequently admitted at a later date. Legal proceedings were issued, and after lengthy discussions, the Claimant's claim was agreed between the parties following a 'round the table' discussion, in the sum of £220,000. The Claimant's money was invested in a personal injury trust, so as to protect his financial position.