Mr D was working as a delivery driver, when the pallet truck he was using suffered brake failure, causing Mr D’s leg to be trapped between the truck itself and a wall. Mr D suffered compartment injury to his leg, spending a week in hospital, undergoing two surgical...
Russell Worth Personal Injury Blog:
Employer Liability
Russell Worth Personal Injury Blog:
Employer Liability
Office based accident leaves client with permanent scarring
Working as an accounts assistant, our client, E, did not expect to sustain injury whilst in the office. Reaching into a metal draw to retrieve the company cheque book she felt a pulling sensation to her hand. Upon inspection E saw that she had sustained a laceration...
Heat exhaustion at work leads to pay out
Russell Worth’s accident at work team were keen to act on behalf of K, an HGV driver, who suffered from heat stroke whilst driving his truck in which the air conditioning unit was broken. BW who dealt with the claim for K secured an early admission of responsibility...
Settlement Received for Needle Stick Injury at Work
Russell Worth represented Mr S who was injured whilst working as a cleaner at a railway station. Whilst clearing rubbish bags into a storage area Mr S was pricked in the palm of his hand by a needle. As well as pain and discomfort Mr S had the stressful wait whilst...
Compensation award made despite denial of responsibility
Our client came to Russell Worth following an accident at Morrisons Supermarkets where she was working as a Café Assistant. On the day of the accident our client was in the kitchen using the egg fryer when it ran out of oil. There was no other available oil unless she...
£17,500 Awarded to Enforcement Officer Following Attack at Work
Working as an Enforcement Officer, Mr M anticipated there may be some level of resistance from members of the public whilst carrying out his duties. However, nothing could have prepared him for the vicious assault he was subjected to in July 2012. Under instruction...
Settlement for Chef Injured Whilst at Work
In less than six months our specialist employers’ liability team were able to ensure our client was fully compensated for an injury he sustained during the course of his employment. Our client, a chef, was working for the Defendant when he was required to unblock a...
Four Figure Sum for Man Following Employer’s Safety Failings
Russell Worth Solicitors were keen to assist when a client came to us for help in 2013 having sustained an injury whilst at work as a delivery driver. Our client fell down a flight of stairs when delivering a cooker to a residential property. The employer had failed...
