The pursuer’s symptoms, other than some initial bruising to her back resulting from her fall, were caused not by the accident but by the defenders’ treatment of her afterwards including their refusal to acknowledge liability for it and to give her light work.
Citations:
1996 SLT 596
Jurisdiction:
Scotland
Cited by:
Cited – Simmons v British Steel plc HL 29-Apr-2004
The claimant was injured at work as a consequence of the defender’s negligence. His injuries became more severe, and he came to suffer a disabling depression.
Held: the Inner House had been wrong to characterise the Outer House decision as . .
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Personal Injury
Updated: 23 November 2022; Ref: scu.196521
