Shaughnessey -v- Bolton Council
| Claimant | Mrs Anne Shaughnessey | ||||
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| Job title | Part-time School Cleaner (SOC 2000: 9233) | ||||
| Task description | Filling, emptying and carrying buckets of water. Using a mop and sweeping. | ||||
| Injury | Pain in left elbow and developed medial epicondylitis | ||||
| Defendant(s) | Bolton Council (SIC 2007: O84.2) | ||||
| Court(s) | Manchester County | ||||
| Case No. | 9SF00826 | ||||
| Date | 8 Jul 2010 | ||||
| Judge(s) | His Honour Judge Platt | ||||
| For Claimant | |||||
| All Claimants | Mrs Anne Shaughnessey | ||||
| Solicitor | J S Millar Solicitors | ||||
| Counsel | Ms Arlene Milne | ||||
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| Medical expert(s) | Mr Devadoss (Orthopaedic Surgery) | ||||
| For Defendant | |||||
| Solicitor | Weightmans | ||||
| Counsel | Mr Simon H McCann | ||||
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| Medical expert(s) | Mr Michael A Morris (Orthopaedic Surgery) | ||||
| Outcome | |||||
| Judgment for: | Defendant | ||||
| Injury found: | Yes | ||||
| Work related: | No | ||||
| Breach of Statutory Duty: | Yes, but no material contribution to the outcome | ||||
| Defendant negligent: | No | ||||
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| References to and/or Interpretations of Regulations and HSE Guidance Documents | |||||
| In this Judgment there was found to be a breach of regulation 4 of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations that was not causative of the injury the Claimant sustained. V2.01 | |||||
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