Coleman - v - Dunlop Ltd

 

Claimant	Coleman
Job title	TBA
Job description	Working on a conveyor belt, tacking strips of carbon. Assembling carbon brakes for motor cars. Tightening nuts (jigging up)
Injury	Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Defendant	Dunlop Ltd
Court	Court of Appeal
Case No.
Date	26 Nov 97
Judge(s)	Lord Justice Henry Judge Harman Lord Justice Hurst
For Claimant
All Claimants	Coleman
Solicitor	Blakemores
Counsel	Mr R Francis QC; Mr T Carlisle
Non-Medical expert(s)	Mr Zalewski, Ergonomics (Called in trial in Birmingham CC in September 1996)
Medical expert(s)	Prof Wright, Rheumatology (Called in trial in Birmingham CC in September 1996) Prof Bird, Rheumatology (Called in trial in Reading CC in March 2001)
For Defendant
Solicitor	Halliwell Landau
Counsel	Mr T Horlock QC; Mr A Howard
Non-Medical expert(s)	Mr Wilkinson, Engineering (Called in trial in Birmingham CC in September 1996) Mr Terry R Mason, Engineering (Called in Birmingham CC in January 1999)
Medical expert(s)	Mr Waldram, TBA (Called in trial in Birmingham CC in September 1996) Mr Andrei Calin, Rheumatology (Called in trial in Reading CC in March 2001)
Outcome
Judgment for:	Re-trial ordered
Injury found:	No finding
Work related:	No finding
Breach of Statutory Duty:	No finding
Defendant negligent:	No finding
Damages
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