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MISS BERNADETTE SMITH AGAINST THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS [2015] ScotSC 38 (12 May 2015)
A former prison officer sued over neck injury during riot-control training. The sheriff held the risk assessment and safety measures were adequate and dismissed the claim.
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.
Strange v Wincanton Logistics Ltd [2011] ScotCS CSIH_65a (26 October 2011)
An employee’s appeal over a pallet-handling injury failed. The court held the employer had shown it was not reasonably practicable to avoid manual handling or add another worker.
Knox v First Scotrail Ltd [2011] ScotCS CSOH_102 (17 June 2011)
A train dispatcher failed to prove that employer-issued safety shoes were too wide or too stiff, or that they caused Morton's Neuroma.
WILLIAM REID v. E.W.S. RAILWAYS [2010] ScotSC 134 (06 August 2010)
Appeal in a workplace injury claim failed where the pursuer could not prove that manual handling breach caused or materially contributed to plantar fasciitis.
Downie v. Fife Council [2008] ScotCS CSOH_47 (19 March 2008)
Personal injury claim over an unsuitable workstation. The court accepted the pursuer’s evidence, assessed continuing neck symptoms, and awarded £9,720 in damages and expenses.
McKnight v Corus Construction [2006] ScotCS CSOH_116 (01 August 2006)
A Scottish Court of Session judgment in a workplace injury claim. The pursuer failed to prove the alleged accident or any breach of the equipment regulations.
Jaffray v. Grampian Test And Certification Ltd [2006] ScotSC 58 (23 June 2006)
The sheriff held the employer liable after a worker was injured while making a Flemish Eye, finding the manual handling regulations applied and were breached.
Hughes v. Grampian Country Food Group Ltd [2006] ScotCS CSOH_5 (18 January 2006)
Personal injury claim over alleged breach of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 failed because trussing chicken carcasses was not manual handling.
Bruce v. Shetland Islands Council [2004] ScotCS 266 (16 December 2004)
The Court of Session dismissed a personal injury claim after finding the pursuer unreliable and unable to prove he was injured at work as alleged.
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