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Woman Receives Injury Compensation for Accident in Lift
15th August 2012
A woman was injured in a fall at work because of a faulty lift. Our expert personal injury lawyers acted on her behalf in a compensation claim.
Lift Accident
Our client was about to use a lift at her workplace. The doors opened and she began to walk in, but the lift had not stopped level with the floor. It was raised by several inches and this caused her to trip. She fell into the lift, landing heavily onto both knees, banging her shin and hurting her shoulder.
As a result of this accident at work, she suffered a significant knee injury. She was given a crutch, leg brace and pain medication at hospital, but there was little improvement over time and she had to have physiotherapy treatment. The injury prevented her from working for more than 2 months and she could not drive or tend her garden. She was left with some long-term problems with her knee.
Personal Injury Compensation
Our client’s accident happened because she was not provided with a safe workplace, so we represented her in a personal injury claim against her employer.
The company admitted liability and we put forward medical evidence of her injury and financial losses, including her loss of earnings, travel expenses and prescription costs. We were able to negotiate a settlement of £10,000 compensation for our client, after rejecting an initial, lower offer made by her employer.
Accident Claim Advice
If you have suffered an injury in an office accident, or any other accident that was someone else’s fault, you may be entitled to make an injury claim.
At The Legal Line, our solicitors are experts in personal injury and we can provide you with specialist accident claim advice on a cost-free basis.
Contact us on 0800 0328511, or by completing a claim enquiry form online.
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