Oliver - v - Tesco Stores Ltd
| Claimant | Sharon Oliver | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Job title | Delicatessen worker (SOC 2000: 7111) | ||
| Task description | Retrieving a box of sausages weighing 4kg from a roll cage | ||
| Injury | Unspecified injury to left wrist | ||
| Defendant(s) | Tesco Stores Ltd (SIC 2007: G47.11) | ||
| Court(s) | Central London County | ||
| Case No. | CL 706282 / CL 73046 | ||
| Date | 14 Jul 1999 | ||
| Judge(s) | Mr Assistant Recorder Anthony Morris | ||
| For Claimant | |||
| All Claimants | Sharon Oliver | ||
| Solicitor | Unknown | ||
| Counsel | Mr Matthew Phillips | ||
| Non-Medical expert(s) | |||
| Medical expert(s) | Mr D M McCarthy (Orthopaedic Surgery) | ||
| For Defendant | |||
| Solicitor | Edward Lewis | ||
| Counsel | Miss Annaliese Day | ||
| Non-Medical expert(s) | |||
| Medical expert(s) | Mr Broadhurst (Deceased) | ||
| Outcome | |||
| Judgment for: | Claimant | ||
| Injury found: | Yes | ||
| Work related: | Yes | ||
| Breach of Statutory Duty: | Yes | ||
| Defendant negligent: | Yes | ||
| Damages | |||
| General: | £ 3,000.00 | ||
| Special: | £ 7.14 | ||
| Other: | £ 1,500.00 | ||
| TOTAL: | |||
| Observations | |||
| References | |||
| References to and/or Interpretations of Regulations and HSE Guidance Documents | |||
| The Judge found that the Defendant were in breach of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations but precisely which parts of the Regulations were breached is unclear from the Judgment. V1.01 | |||
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