Coleman - v - Dunlop Ltd
| Claimant | 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) | Reading County |
| Case No. | |
| Date | 14 Mar 2001 |
| Judge(s) | His Honour Judge Playford QC |
| For Claimant | |
| All Claimants | Coleman |
| Solicitor | Blakemores |
| 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 | |
| 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: | ?Plaintiff |
| Injury found: | ? |
| Work related: | ? |
| Breach of Statutory Duty: | No finding |
| Defendant negligent: | Deemed proven |
| Damages | |
| General: | |
| Special: | |
| Other: | |
| TOTAL: | £ 2,750.00 |
| Observations | |
| "The Claimant does not satisfy me that he is suffering from RSD or any of its variants. In my judgement is more likely that all the symtoms were due to inflammatory arthritis of the right wrist and that the pain and disability has been due solely to this condition. It has not been caused or materially contributed to by his work with Dunlop. I, therfore, assess damages on the basis of an 18-24 months worth of symptoms whilst working. I award £2,750 damages." HH Judge Playford QC | |
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