£250,000 settlement for client injured in forklift truck accident

Sophie Davies, a specialist personal injury lawyer at Osbornes Law, recently represented a client who suffered life-changing injuries following a work accident involving a forklift truck.

The driver of the forklift truck, who was new to the job, incorrectly started unloading hay bales from the lorry without warning our client. The forklift driver lost control and dropped a bale of hay on the back of our client’s neck.

Our client’s neck, wrist and ribs were broken when the half-tonne hay bale landed on him.

Our client instructed Osbornes 2.5 years after the incident, during which time he had received no sick pay and was not even paid for the shift he was working when injured. Further to this, our client’s employer blamed him for the incident and did not admit liability.

Sophie Davies quickly secured an admission of liability, however, the employer’s insurers continued to say that our client was partly at fault for standing in the wrong place!

Following negotiations, we were able to achieve a financial settlement of £250,000 for our client. The case was settled in just over one year, during this time we organised for our client to be seen by specialist doctors and instructed an expert barrister.  

Sophie Davies comments:

“Our client suffered extensive injuries in what was a totally avoidable incident, which was exacerbated by the employer not admitting responsibility and blaming our client. We are pleased to have negotiated a significant financial award for our client, which takes into account that he will sadly never fully recover from his injuries”.  

Sophie is a partner at Osbornes and head of personal injury at Osbornes. To speak to Sophie and her team please call us or fill in the form below.

The personal injury team at Osbornes Law is ranked as a leading department in London and is singled out for our expertise in life-changing, catastrophic injuries.