Communications Workers Union is urging BT employees with damaged hearing to claim
The Communication Workers Union has issued a press
release encouraging any BT engineers who suffer from tinnitus and
deafness and who have used oscillators and amplifier tone sets
supplied by BT to notify claims.
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The press release
states that many BT engineers may have been negligently
exposed to high noise whilst using this equipment and may be
eligible for compensation.
Hugh James Solicitors are current
handling over 100 claims. The cases are being handled in the
Cardiff County Court and consideration is being by Hugh James as to
whether a Group Litigation Order would be appropriate to
co-ordinate the large number of claims anticipated.
The CWU release goes on to state,
”Compensation claims tend to be successful where the engineer used
the green or a combination of the green and yellow tone sets,
whereas BT dispute liability where the engineer used only the
yellow or blue sets. If you have used the green and/or yellow
and/or blue tone sets and now suffer from tinnitus or are hard of
hearing you may well be entitled to claim compensation. The average
award is in the region of £7,000.but can be significantly higher in
certain cases.” Tony Rupa, Head of CWU Legal
Services, said: "It is important that you register a claim today so
that we can ensure that your claim is dealt with now and within any
time limits that may be set by the Court.”
If a Group Litigation Order is
imposed there would be a cut off date for registering new claims.
CWU is therefore encouraging any members who are potentially
affected to notify claims.
Hugh James are handling over 100
claims on behalf of current and former CWU members on a ‘no win no
fee basis’. For further information please contact our legal
experts Kathryn
Singh and Kevin
McCarthy or complete our BT Hearing Loss enquiry form.