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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