Mr H, from East Sussex sustained a crush injury to his dominant little finger in an accident at work. He was working in a factory on a power press machine trying to change the tool on the machine which did not have guard on it. Whilst doing so the tool dropped and landed on his right little finger, crushing it.
Maria Pilkington, one of our Specialist Solicitors at What’s My Claim Worth was instructed by Mr H and dealt with his claim on a no win, no fee basis. A claim was brought against his employers as it transpired that although the machine was not defective it was different to the other machines our client had worked on and he had not received adequate training for this machine. Liability (fault) for the accident was denied by the employer’s insurers and the case was prepared to issue court proceedings.
Before issuing court proceedings a medical report was obtained from an independent Orthopaedic Surgeon confirming our client’s injuries. Fortunately, our client did not sustain a fracture to his finger and was able to make full recovery within just over 3 months. After court proceedings were issued, the Defendant instructed solicitors to represent them and the claim reached settlement in the sum of £2500.
This took into account the possible risk of losing the case at Trial known as ‘litigation risk’ and also the possibility that Mr H may have been found partly at fault (contributory negligent) for his own injuries. Our client was delighted with the outcome.
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