Spencer - v - Boots the Chemist Ltd

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Claimant Derek Keith Spencer
Job title Store Manager and Pharmacist (SOC 2000: 2213)
Task description Checking prescription items and moving 600g stock bottles, up to twice a minute, to just above shoulder level
Injury Chronic shoulder pain attribuable to calcification of the supraspinatus tendon and a narrower subacromial space than normal, triggered by repetitive elevation of the upper limb to shoulder height or above
Defendant(s) Boots the Chemist Ltd (SIC 2007: G47.7)
Court(s) Brighton County
Case No. BN906348
Date 12 Mar 2002
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)
(Single Joint Expert, Not called)
Medical expert(s) Mr Alexander Benjamin (Orthopaedic Surgery)
For Defendant
Solicitor Eversheds (Nottingham)
Counsel Mr William Vandyck
Non-Medical expert(s) Mr John Ridd (Ergonomics)
(Single Joint Expert, Not called)
Medical expert(s) Dr Paul A Reilly (Rheumatology)
Outcome
Judgment for: Defendant
Injury found: Conceded
Work related: Conceded
Breach of Statutory Duty: No
Defendant negligent: No
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