Managing partner and head of the firm's litigation departments, Peter Clark, has more than 30 years of experience handling industrial disease claims, including mineworkers» and industrial
deafness claims.
Claims management companies and solicitors have been actively targeting
deafness claims, and stories of fraudulent practices and persistent nuisance calls are emerging — while the sharp increase in low severity
deafness claims hints at claims farming, according to David Williams, Partner at DAC Beachcroft.
Not exact matches
Hickson documented his assertion with specific cases: Complete cures were
claimed as to pain, rheumatism, ear discharge, goiter, severe headaches, and blood poisoning (p. 118); blindness, paralysis,
deafness, possession by evil spirits, asthma, stammering, and curvature of the spine (p. 128); palsy, dumbness, and mental deficiency (p. 151); deformed feet and legs made almost entirely normal (p. 152); «the healing of sin - sick souls» and «the healing of the body» (p. 168); partial paralysis, paralysis, infantile paralysis, rheumatoid arthritis, neuritis, St. Vitus's dance, epilepsy, and mental disorders (pp. 182 - 183).»
My favorite was Health Newsline's headline, which
claimed that sleep machines can cause
deafness.
Of cabbage, Cato the Elder
claimed many uses: in the treatment of digestive disorders and colic, as well as arthritis, ulcers, nasal polyps,
deafness and tumors, and applied topically as a poultice for wounds, sores and infection.
He has a vast amount of experience in dealing with all different types of personal injury
claims, but mainly specialises in dealing with compensation
claims relating to injuries at work including industrial
deafness cases and asbestos related diseases as well as workplace accidents.
The wave of personal injury firms entering markets such as
deafness and clinical negligence
claims will continue — watch out for possible new areas not yet tapped.
Glyn Jones (who is noted for his «great ability to cut through the important issues and save time and costs») heads the defendant personal injury practice, which includes a six - partner team focused on catastrophic injury
claims, as well as teams dedicated to occupational health diseases (particularly
deafness), motor
claims, costs issues and insurance fraud.
Gareth Morgan is a market leader for mining compensation
claims as a result of numerous successes against the Coal Board for a number of conditions including
deafness, respiratory disease and vibration white finger.
She has experience in disease cases, including HAVS,
deafness and stress
claims.