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Mcgowan v Tesco Stores Ltd

Claimant’s Legal Team - Solicitor: Russell-Cooke Solicitors Defendant’s Legal Team - Solicitor:Weightmans Solicitors Report submitted by Sarah Towler of Russell-Cooke Solicitors

The Claimant was born on 21 January 1955 and is 51 years old. At the time of the accident he was 50 years old. He was involved in an accident on 26 February 2005 whilst shopping at the Defendants premises in Lewisham, London, and was carrying two jars of vegetables and one bottle of ketchup from the shelves to his trolley. Suddenly and without warning, one or both of the jars disintegrated in our client’s hands and the glass from one of the jars cut his hand. The Claimant sustained a deep c-shape cut to the little finger of his left hand. The wound was gaping and exposed to the tendon. It required six sutures. The Claimant is the main carer for his disabled wife and does most of the household chores. He was obliged to keep the wound dry for the first two weeks after the accident and suffered sensitivity in the hand for a further two weeks after this period. The Claimant has been left with a 2cm scar. There is no continuing disability.