Spencer - v - Boots the Chemist Ltd

 

Claimant	Derek Keith Spencer
Job title	Store Manager and Pharmacist
Job description	Checking prescription items and moving stock bottles
Injury	Chronic shoulder pain (pericapsulitis)
Defendant	Boots the Chemist Ltd
Court	Brighton County
Case No.	BN906348
Date	12 Mar 02
Judge(s)	His Honour Judge Barratt
For Claimant
All Claimants	Derek Keith Spencer
Solicitor	Dean Wilson Laing
Counsel	Mr John Gallagher
Non-Medical expert(s)	Mr John Ridd, Ergonomics (Joint, Not called)
Medical expert(s)	Mr Alexander Benjamin, Orthopaedic Surgery
For Defendant
Solicitor	Eversheds
Counsel	Mr William Vandyck
Non-Medical expert(s)	Mr John Ridd, Ergonomics (Joint, Not called)
Medical expert(s)	Dr Paul Reilly, Rheumatology
Outcome
Judgment for:	Defendant
Injury found:	Conceded
Work related:	Conceded
Breach of Statutory Duty:	No
Defendant negligent:	No
Damages
General:
Special:
Other:
TOTAL:
Observations
	Handling 600g stock bottles, up to twice a minute, to just above shoulder level, not covered by the Manual Handling Operations Regulations. No breach of Regulation 4 of MHO Regulations. Appealed
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