Litigation and Court Cases

Eight NW Water employees awarded £1.2m compensation for VWF

Eight former employees of North West Water have been awarded £1.2m compensation after they contracted Vibration White Finger at work. The men, from Merseyside, stopped working for the company in 1998 when they developed symptoms including loss of feeling, loss of grip, bleeding fingers and constant pain.The GMB union said that during legal proceedings North West Water admitted negligence in exposing the workers to excessive vibration while they operated machinery.
To read more on this case follow this link...

Scottish courts award £212,829.01 to taxi driver

James Mc Kenna-VS-British Railways Board and First Engineering Ltd
Scottish courts have awarded £212,829.01 compensation plus interest to a 42 year old self employed taxi driver James Mc Kenna. Mr Mc Kenna had previously been required, by his previous employers to work with tools that included jackhammers, kango packers, power drills, rotabroach and bonding machines, all of which produced high levels of vibration which were transmitted to his hands, these vibrations were in excess of the safe levels of exposure recommended by the Health and Safety Executive.
To read more on this case follow this link...

Vibration White Finger forces Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council to pay out £350,000 in Compensation

In the last 12 months eight employees of Stockton-on-Tees Borough have been paid out just under £350,000.00 in compensation for suffering vibration white finger and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, as a result of their Council employment. Working daily with vibrating tools caused 48 year old John Biggs to develop Vibration White Finger and he was awarded a lump sum payment of £50,000.00. Another 52 year old employee had previously been awarded £125,000.00 compensation
To read more on this case follow this link...

British Coal New Risk, Way Now Clear for 175,000 Claimants

The High Court in Newcastle found that British Coal should have known of the risk of VWF, this Judgment opened the way for in excess of 175,000 Claimants to pursue compensation compensation agreed under the scheme range between £500 and £100,000. To read more on this case follow this link...