Below are some examples of our recent successful claims
1. Mrs. K.
Pinto Potts acted on behalf of Mrs. K from Southampton who sustained
a serious head injury in an accident at work on the
4th of July 2001. Mrs. K. walked into an open window and sustained a
serious blow to her head. She severed a nerve in her forehead and as
a consequence suffered frighteningly severe migraine headaches on a
frequent basis. As a result of those headaches she would often have
no choice but to stay in bed for days on end and reduced her working
hours in a Call Centre.
Her employers admitted responsibility for the accident but were not
prepared to negotiate settlement of her claim. Her employers made
her an offer of £9,500.00 in full and final satisfaction of
her claim and then refused to negotiate thereafter. Acting under a
No Win, No Fee Agreement Mrs. K took her case all the way to Trial
in Southampton County Court in December 2005, where she was awarded
compensation by the Court of £73,492.16.
Pinto Potts acted on behalf of Mrs. K. under a No Win, No Fee Agreement
and she had no deductions whatsoever from her compensation and she
received the full amount.
2. Mr. B
Mr. B. of Epsom was an ambulance technician who was involved in
an accident on the 9th of December 2001 when the motorcycle
he was riding was involved in a collision with another car. Liability
for the accident was admitted by the other drivers Insurance Company
at an early stage. Mr. B. decided to represent himself and the other
drivers Insurers who were Norwich Union helpfully arranged for him
to have physiotherapy. However, when they started talking about
settlement of his claim he decided to take independent legal advice
and instructed Pinto Potts. We arranged for Mr. B. to see a Consultant
Orthopaedic Surgeon who determined that he had suffered a short term
injury to his shoulder from which he made a full recovery within 3
years but a long term injury to his right knee from which he would be
likely to experience symptoms indefinitely.
Ultimately the parties were unable to reach an agreement as to the value
of the claim and Mr. B. issued Court proceedings. Norwich Union Insurance
on behalf of the other driver made an offer of compensation of £8,300.00,
which Mr. B. rejected. Norwich Union decided they were not prepared to
negotiate and allowed the matter to proceed to a Court hearing in December
2005. Pinto Potts represented Mr. B. at that Court hearing where he was
awarded compensation of £10,791.00 plus his legal costs.
Pinto Potts acted on behalf of Mr. B. on a No Win, No Fee Agreement and,
Mr. B. received the full amount of his compensation without any deductions.
3. Mr. P.
Mr. P. worked for ICI Chemicals in Liverpool between 1969 and 1990. During
the course of that employment he was exposed to constant high levels of noise
without any provision of hearing protection from his employers. Pinto Potts
argued that ICI knew that exposure to noise levels in excess of 85 decibels
for long periods of time was likely to cause permanent levels of hearing
loss and this had been known to them since around 1963.
Pinto Potts pursued a claim on behalf of Mr. P., which resulted
in Mr. P. accepting an offer of compensation of £9,000.00 in
February 2006 plus his legal costs without the need to issue Court
proceedings.
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