Moffitt - v - Norweb plc
| Plaintiff | Michael Anthony Moffitt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job title | Overhead Linesman (SOC 2000: 5243) | ||||
| Task description | Erecting, maintaining and repairing transmission lines and poles | ||||
| Injury | Increase in symptoms of Lateral Epicondylitis | ||||
| Defendant(s) | Norweb plc (SIC 2007: D35.1) | ||||
| Court(s) | Manchester County | ||||
| Case No. | MA6005109 | ||||
| Date | 27 May 1997 | ||||
| Judge(s) | His Honour Judge Charles James | ||||
| For Plaintiff | |||||
| All Plaintiffs | Michael Anthony Moffitt | ||||
| Solicitor | Lawford & Co (M3 3EL) | ||||
| Counsel | Mr Graham Platts | ||||
| Non-Medical expert(s) | Mr Tom Holden (Engineering) | ||||
| Medical expert(s) | Mr Ian A Trail (Orthopaedic & Hand Surgery) | ||||
| For Defendant | |||||
| Solicitor | Norweb plc | ||||
| Counsel | |||||
| Non-Medical expert(s) | |||||
| Medical expert(s) | Mr Michael A Morris (Orthopaedic Surgery) | ||||
| Outcome | |||||
| Judgment for: | Plaintiff | ||||
| Injury found: | Yes | ||||
| Work related: | Yes | ||||
| Breach of Statutory Duty: | Yes | ||||
| Defendant negligent: | Yes | ||||
| Damages | |||||
| General: | £ 4,000.00 | ||||
| Special: | £ 1,048.89 | ||||
| Other: | |||||
| TOTAL: | |||||
| Observations | |||||
| References | |||||
| References to and/or Interpretations of Regulations and HSE Guidance Documents | |||||
| It was evidently common ground that the Manual Handling Operations Regulations applied to the work of an Overhead Linesman and there was found to be a breach of the Regulations, but the Judgment contains no explanation of how the breach arose. V1.01 | |||||
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