Spencer - v - Boots the Chemist Ltd
| Claimant | Derek Keith Spencer | ||||||||
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| Job title | Store Manager and Pharmacist (SOC 2000: 2213) | ||||||||
| Task description | Checking prescription items and moving 600g stock bottles, up to twice a minute, to just above shoulder level | ||||||||
| Injury | Chronic shoulder pain attribuable to calcification of the supraspinatus tendon and a narrower subacromial space than normal, triggered by repetitive elevation of the upper limb to shoulder height or above | ||||||||
| Defendant(s) | Boots the Chemist Ltd (SIC 2007: G47.7) | ||||||||
| Court(s) | Brighton County | ||||||||
| Case No. | BN906348 | ||||||||
| Date | 12 Mar 2002 | ||||||||
| Judge(s) | His Honour Judge Barratt | ||||||||
| For Claimant | |||||||||
| All Claimants | Derek Keith Spencer | ||||||||
| Solicitor | Dean Wilson Laing | ||||||||
| Counsel | Mr John Gallagher | ||||||||
| Non-Medical expert(s) | Mr John Ridd (Ergonomics) (Single Joint Expert, Not called) | ||||||||
| Medical expert(s) | Mr Alexander Benjamin (Orthopaedic Surgery) | ||||||||
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| Solicitor | Eversheds (Nottingham) | ||||||||
| Counsel | Mr William Vandyck | ||||||||
| Non-Medical expert(s) | Mr John Ridd (Ergonomics) (Single Joint Expert, Not called) | ||||||||
| Medical expert(s) | Dr Paul A Reilly (Rheumatology) | ||||||||
| Outcome | |||||||||
| Judgment for: | Defendant | ||||||||
| Injury found: | Conceded | ||||||||
| Work related: | Conceded | ||||||||
| Breach of Statutory Duty: | No | ||||||||
| Defendant negligent: | No | ||||||||
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| References to and/or Interpretations of Regulations and HSE Guidance Documents | |||||||||
| There are explicit references in the Judgments in this case to the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992 and to the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992. There are also brief references to the guidance on the Manual Handling Operations Regulations and to Work Related Upper Limb Disorders: A Guide to Prevention HSG60. V1.01 | |||||||||
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