£30,000 for denied factory injury claim

As part of her work Ms X was required to retrieve products by crawling underneath a conveyor belt. One day another worker placed a piece of machinery next to the conveyor belt and so, as Ms X was calling her back underneath the conveyor belt to return to her place of work, her head struck the underside of the machinery.

Unfortunately, she was left with bruising, concussion and psychological injuries.

We submitted a claim to her employer alleging that numerous workplace health and safety laws had been broken in requiring employees to crawl underneath factory machinery each day. Despite the fact that, in our view, numerous workplace laws had been broken, and despite the fact that a number of changes had been made to the system of work as a result of her accident, her employer’s liability insurers firmly denied liability for her injuries.

We firstly obtained specialist expert medical evidence from a neurologist and a psychologist before issuing court proceedings upon her employer.

Fortunately, following service of court proceedings, her employer’s representatives changed their stance to that of admitting liability and subsequently settlement negotiations took place and a strong settlement of £30,000 secured.

Solicitor James Winterbottom who dealt with the case comments:

“Cases like this highlight the importance of not accepting a denial of liability in situations whereby we consider that the law has been broken. Whilst, statistically, very few cases reach trial, it is often necessary to begin court proceedings in order to secure a reasonable settlement for a client”.

Aston Knight Solicitors are specialist litigation solicitors with substantial experience in injury at work matters such as this one. We typically deal with all personal injury cases on a no win no fee basis and are happy to offer a no obligation, confidential and free of charge discussion.

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