Hearing Loss & Deafness Cases
Typically we encounter two main problems relating to coal miners deafness cases. The first is similar to that with vibration white finger in that you may have received a pay out for your hearing problems but your solicitor failed to properly investigate or advise you about the possibility of claiming extra money for medical equipment such as digital hearing aids. Hearing aids can be very expensive indeed and if it was proven that your hearing was damaged by your work in the pit and that you would have or could have benefited for the use of hearing aids then your solicitor should have looked at the possibility of claiming extra compensation for you to cover the costs.
Secondly on the subject of deafness we believe that many coal miners started making claims but didn’t receive any compensation because their solicitors closed down their case incorrectly. The solicitors acting for the Coal Board frequently argued that cases had been brought too late and ‘bullied’ those acting for miners into withdrawing the cases incorrectly. We must stress that not all cases were discontinued incorrectly as indeed some were in fact out of time for legal action but equally if this happened to you we may be able to help.
If you worked in the coal mining industry and believe that you may not have received the right amount of compensation – or indeed any compensation at all – for your vibration white finger or your hearing loss contact us now to see if we can help put things right. If you have never made any claims for your hands or your deafness but believe that your problems may be related to working in the pit then again contact us so we can look at making a new claim for you and make sure we get it right the first time.
