Judge dismisses shop worker claim
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A senior judge has criticised solicitors for wasting court time by bringing a claim by a Lochaber shop supervisor to the Court of Session. Lord Hardie said on Friday that Marion McLaughlan’s allegation of a back injury should have been dealt with at local level by a sheriff. The Co-op and the 43-year-old, of Kilmallie Road, Caol, Fort William, had agreed damages of £6,300. However, Lord Hardie dismissed the case after finding the company not liable. Mrs McLaughlan had sued the Co-op after claiming she sustained a back injury in the course of her work as a supervisor. She alleged that she suffered the injury when lifting a container of bread rolls at the store in Caol in July 2002. She denied that she had received any training or instructions about manual handling. More : news.bbc.co.uk |