Employers are Obliged to Reduce Risk of HAVS, rules Court of Appeal

• Author:
• Steve Shutler

The decision by a County Court in February 2003 that three former British Steel (now Corus) workers suffering from Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) did not have reason to pursue a negligence case against their employer has been overturned by the Court of Appeal.

Claims were returned to Cardiff County Court to be assessed for damages when it was decided that the cases brought by Peter Trickery, Lloyd Grogan and Kenneth Brown should have stood. All three men had developed neurological damag... (129 more words)

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