Because we specialise in personal injury claims and we are a trusted name for victims to come to when they have had an accident through no fault of their own, we are always taking on and winning cases. We can take on and win more claims than many other firms and we are pleased to announce we have settled another claim for a work accident victim.
Our client was injured because of the negligent actions of a colleague but she was still entitled to compensation – read on for advice about how.
How our client could claim when it was her colleague at fault
It’s simple – there is a legal term known as vicarious liability which simply means that the negligence of an employee or agent of a company or person is the responsibility of their employer. As such, the negligent actions of her colleague meant that her employer was vicariously liable for their actions. In this kind of scenario we fully expect the employer / insurers to accept full liability.
What happened?
What happened to our client was that a colleague had overstocked a pallet truck and approached our clients from behind. With the pallet truck dangerously overloaded, boxes fell off and hit our client who was nearby. The pallet truck should never have been overloaded in the first place and it was clearly a dangerous thing to do.
Thankfully our client escaped with relatively minor injuries although we didn’t receive a response from the opponent when we disclosed all of the evidence to them so we needed to issue court proceedings. We do this commonly to put pressure on the Defendant side to settle earlier, and we can often obtain some good results from it.
Tip: not all lawyers are prepared to fund the cost of issuing court proceedings and some will take a more laid back attitude which could prologue the length of the case and result in lower settlements. Instructing us gives you a guaranteed way of avoiding this!
We settled the case for the maximum amount
We received an offer which was actually the highest amount we had valued the claim at so our client was awarded her ‘full’ claim. It’s important to note that we do normally have to negotiate and people don’t normally get the absolute top end of their claim valuation bracket, but in this case, the pressure we had applied when issuing court proceedings may have been the cause.
Don’t worry about court proceedings in a case though – we issue them a lot but it’s still highly unlikely that you will ever need to actually attend a hearing!
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