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Call Irwin Mitchell Solicitors now on 0870 024 0560 or complete the claim form to register your claim.

One of our trained staff will call you back as soon as possible for a free initial consultation to discuss your case in more detail and advise you further. If you have a case, we assign our best staff with the expertise to handle your claim.

We will investigate and build evidence to back up your case. We may in some cases obtain the opinion of a lawyer practicing in the country where your accident occurred for further advice.

Once we have all the relevant information, we will send a letter of claim to the Defendant and then correspond with their representatives. We will keep in touch with you throughout, so you’re always informed.

Finally, with your approval, we arrive at the best compensation settlement possible.

Workplace Accident in Texas

Published date: 11 Oct 2007

We are approached by our client following an accident at work in the United States.  He was an oilrig worker who was being transferred from an oilrig to a dock when the metal cage being hoisted by a crane was lowered into the Mississippi.  The client feared for his life but managed subsequently to escape from the metal cage before being rescued some time later by a coastguard vessel.

Oilrig Accident in Texas

Considerable care was taken to determine the most appropriate jurisdiction within which to pursue the claim.  It was considered after careful advice that this was the type of incident, with the client having sustained severe post-traumatic stress but no significant physical injury, where it would be more favourable to pursue a claim in this jurisdiction. 

Following the issue of proceedings the jurisdiction of the English court was disputed, as was English law and liability generally.  Later all of these were conceded and the matter proceeded towards a trial, with the action settling a week before trial at a figure of £270,000.

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Graham and Deborah