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As a consequence of the fall Mr. C developed extreme pain in his left side
Case Studies » Medical Injuries
Mr. C worked as a hospitality chef and was contracted to work for the Walker Club in Northern Ireland. He worked in the kitchen marquee and leading through the marquee area was a roadway made of trax panels. The roadway did not lead off the tarmac road as it should have done and accordingly Mr. C had to walk on uneven ground to get to the trax roadway. The trax panels were pegged down but because the ground was uneven they kept coming up. Mr. C approached the roadway and stepped onto the mat at the end. Because the pegs were loose, the edge of the roadway came up and he fell catching his left side on a peg. No one saw him fall but he reported it to the head chef.
As a consequence of the fall Mr. C developed extreme pain in his left side and 6 days later had an emergency splenectomy operation. He will have to take antibiotics for life. This matter was disrupted by the company which laid the trax panels. The matter was decided at trial when the trial Judge accepted Mr. C’s explanation of his accident and he was awarded damages for pain and suffering and loss of earnings.