Spencer - v - Boots the Chemist Ltd

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Claimant Derek Keith Spencer
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) Court of Appeal
Case No. B3/2002/0708
Date 31 Oct 2002
Judge(s) Lord Justice Mance
Lord Justice Latham
For Claimant (Appellant)
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 at First Instance)
Medical expert(s) Mr Alexander Benjamin (Orthopaedic Surgery)
(At First Instance)
For Defendant (Respondent)
Solicitor Eversheds (Nottingham)
Counsel Mr William Vandyck
Non-Medical expert(s) Mr John Ridd (Ergonomics)
(Single Joint Expert, Not called at First Instance)
Medical expert(s) Dr Paul A Reilly (Rheumatology)
(At First Instance)
Outcome
Judgment for: Respondent (Defendant)
Injury found: Conceded
Work related: Conceded
Breach of Statutory Duty: No
Defendant negligent: No
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