Coleman - v - Dunlop Ltd

Plaintiff Coleman
Job title TBA (SOC 2000: 8132)
Task 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(s) Dunlop Ltd (SIC 2007: C22.1)
Court(s) Court of Appeal
Case No.
Date 26 Nov 1997
Judge(s) Lord Justice Henry
Judge Harman
Lord Justice Hurst
For Plaintiff (Appellant)
All Plaintiffs Coleman
Solicitor
Counsel Mr R Francis QC
Mr T Carlisle
Non-Medical expert(s) Mr M Zalewski (Ergonomics)
(Called in trial in Birmingham CC in September 1996)
Medical expert(s) Prof V Wright (Rheumatology)
(Called in trial in Birmingham CC in September 1996)
Prof H A Bird (Rheumatology)
(Called in trial in Reading CC in March 2001)
For Defendant (Respondent)
Solicitor Halliwell Landau (M2 2JF)
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 Michael A Waldram (Orthopaedic & Hand Surgery)
(Called in trial in Birmingham CC in September 1996)
Dr 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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