Our client was a Fork Lift Truck driver working on a construction site, who was instructed to help three co-workers lift a heavy timber frame.  As they did so, the other colleagues dropped the frame without warning and it landed on his foot.  He sustained multiple broken bones to his right foot, causing pain, bruising and swelling, had to have his foot placed in a plaster cast and suffered symptoms from his injuries for more than 7 months.  We were able to recover personal injury compensation for him of £15,500.

A brief summary of events is set out below.

Date of Accident:  November 2015

Time between formal instruction and successful conclusion: We took on the case in February 2016 and managed to settle it in September 2016.

How the claim proceeded: Having submitted a formal letter of claim to the company our client was working for on the construction site, we received a response just days later from their insurers admitting liability for the accident and offering to fund the cost of any physiotherapy treatment that he required.  At that time our client was still unable to work, due to continued painful symptoms in his foot, requiring him to wear a protective boot.  He was also awaiting further x-rays to his foot to see if the fractures had healed, in order that he could begin some form of rehabilitation therapy.  By the end of March 2016, it became clear that he would benefit from some form of physiotherapy to assist his recovery, so we contacted the insurers accepting their offer to fund rehabilitation treatment.  We also arranged for our client to see our own appointed medical expert for a full examination.  By August 2016, our client had completed his rehab programme and we were in possession of the medical report from the expert, detailing our client’s injuries and prognosis for recovery.  Along with a schedule of our client’s financial losses since the accident, we were then able to fully value his claim and put forward a settlement proposal to the insurers.  Within just a short period we were able to agree a proposed sum which our client was happy to accept.

Were Court proceedings necessary?: No.

Outcome:   The client secured £5,000 for his injuries and £10,500 for his financial losses, including his loss of earnings for the extended period following his accident when he was unable to work.

Comment: Had the company been following the correct procedures and ensured a lifting plan was in place prior to the movement of the heavy timber frame, our client would not have sustained such injuries and the company’s insurers would not have been responsible for paying him compensation.

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