By Mr R Scott-Watson, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Expert Witness & Disability Analyst APIL Expert
This is the case of a Litigant in Person (previously represented) making a personal injury claim against a large corporation that employed a ‘boutique law firm specialising exclusively in defendant occupational disease litigation’. Liability had been accepted and Counsel’s opening was that the matter at hand was purely causation.
Claimant had sustained injury in late 2014 having been working doing a single process for a few months. Symptoms were pain in the right shoulder, elbow and wrist as well as some tingling sensations in the arm. Initial Physiotherapy, starting three months after onset, lead to 80% recovery. The Claimant had already ceased working for the company at this point. Unfortunatel...
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