Lift injury payout

Thompsons’ Legal Line personal injury branch reports that its specialist personal injury lawyers have recently acted in a compensation claim on behalf of a lift engineer who was injured in an accident at work. He suffered a manual handling injury while installing some machine steel at the top of a lift shaft. It slipped out of its retaining pocket and he held on to it in an attempt to prevent it from falling, sustaining an injury to his neck and shoulder as he did so.

He required extensive medical treatment and time off from work and eventually had to change his occupation altogether, as the long-term injury meant that he was no longer fit to carry out the heavier aspects of his job.

The injured employee appointed expert lawyers to act on his behalf in a claim against his employer. They pursued the case on the basis that the employer failed to employ sufficient health and safety measures to provide him with a safe system of work and keep the risk of injury to a minimum.

Liability was admitted and detailed negotiations with the defendant ensure that the client received an appropriate amount of compensation. During the process his lawyers were able to obtain interim payments to help fund his medical expenses until the case could be concluded. A total amount of damages in excess of £35,000 was secured in respect of his injuries, loss of earnings, medical costs and other losses.

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