What’s my claim worth have successfully settled a claim for a client who injured his neck when he slipped and fell in his work car park whilst working to work.
Our client was an agency worker who was working at the warehouse of a delivery company.
Employees including agency workers were allowed to park in the large company car park adjacent to the company premises.
The company operated their premises 24 hours a day and employees worked shifts.
On the day of the accident it was extremely cold and icy. There had been heavy snow several days previously. This had not melted but remained on the ground. In the employers car park had become very hard and compacted and the ground service of the car park was treacherously icy.
Our client had parked his car and walking towards his employer’s premises when he slipped on the ice and fell.
The employers had not made any effort to clear the ice in the car park or to grit the car park nor had they taken any other steps to protect their employees.
This was despite the employers being aware that at every change of shift considerable numbers of employees would be walking to and from the car park across the dangerous icy surface.
What’s my claim worth accepted instructions to represent our client on a “no win no fee” basis.
There were difficulties initially in pursuing our client’s claim as our client’s employer and their insurance company failed to respond. We were able to successfully issue a Court Application to force our client’s employer to respond and to disclose documentation relevant to his claim.
After successfully pursuing the Court Application we received an admission of liability from our client’s employer’s insurer.
We were then able to obtain a medical report from an independent medical expert and to successfully negotiate settlement of our client’s claim.
Our client sustained soft tissue injuries to his neck and had some time off work. Fortunately his injuries were only minor and he recovered quickly. Our client was settled in the sum of £2,250.
