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Agnieszka Swierska against Mathiesons Bakery LTD (Sheriff Court Civil) [2024] SCEDIN 43 (11 October 2024)
Personal injury claim over a lifting injury failed. The sheriff held the pursuer had not proved breach of the employer’s common law duty of care.
Gilchrist v ASDA Stores Ltd [2015] ScotCS CSOH_77 (17 June 2015)
The Court of Session held that the pursuer failed to prove her fall was caused by any breach of duty, and granted absolvitor.
APPEAL FROM THE SHERIFFDOM OF NORTH STRATHCLYDE AT DUMBARTON BY CAROL KENNEDY v. CHIVAS BROTHERS Ltd [2013] ScotCS CSIH_57 (20 June 2013)
The Inner House allowed Carol Kennedy’s appeal, holding that a trolley accident at work breached health and safety regulations and that she was not contributorily negligent.
JANE ELPHINSTONE v. SHETLAND ISLANDS COUNCIL [2013] ScotCS CSOH_96 (18 June 2013)
Personal injury claim dismissed after the court found no proof that manual handling caused the pursuer’s back injury.
Wilson v North Lanarkshire Council & Anor [2011] ScotCS CSOH_178 (25 October 2011)
The court dismissed Martin Wilson’s personal injury claim against North Lanarkshire Council and Motherwell College, finding his work-causation case unproven.
McCabe v. The Royal Mail Group Plc [2011] ScotSC 26 (13 April 2011)
A sheriff court held that Royal Mail breached manual handling duties by failing to adequately monitor and refresh training, but the pursuer failed to prove causation.
INQUIRY UNDER THE FATAL ACCIDENTS AND INQUIRIES (SCOTLAND) ACT INTO THE SUDDEN DEATH OF MICHAEL LINDLEY SCOTT [2010] ScotSC 185 (09 November 2010)
A fatal accident inquiry into the death of apprentice plumber Michael Scott found no reasonable precautions or system defects and made no recommendations.
Rooney v. The Advocate General For Scotland [2008] ScotCS CSOH_111 (05 August 2008)
A firefighter’s personal injury claim failed after the court found his account of the accident and the alleged link to faecal incontinence was not proved.
McFarlane v. Corus Construction And Industrial [2006] ScotCS CSOH_38 (07 March 2006)
A steel worker succeeded in a personal injury claim after a heavy grinding machine toppled off a plate edge. Liability was found under work equipment regulations and negligence, with 20% contributory negligence.
Berry v. McCowans Ltd [2005] ScotCS CSOH_66 (18 May 2005)
The Outer House dismissed a factory worker’s personal injury claim, finding she failed to prove an on-the-job accident or that any shoulder injury was caused by manual handling at work.
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