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A personal injury solicitor representing families from Corby in Northamptonshire who claim that an "atmospheric soup of toxic materials" caused their children to suffer birth defects, this week commenced a multi-million pound personal injury claim at the High Court.
The personal injury solicitor told the court, "These young people have serious disabilities; some of them have missing or undeveloped fingers or no fingers at all, and three have deformities of their feet. These are lifelong deformities which have had, and will have, a tremendous impact, not only upon the children themselves in their everyday lives and employment opportunities, but also in respect of the families who have lovingly brought them up to date, and have all the difficulties which inevitably go with children in these circumstances, such as hospital visits and other anxieties."
The industrial accident compensation claim focuses on reclamation works performed on a British Steel plant between 1985 and 1997. The claimants are 18 children between the ages of nine and 22, all of who suffer some deformity of the hands and feet.
The case will hinge on whether the personal injury solicitor can prove liability, as the council denies any liability for the birth defects.
A spokesperson from the council commented, "We have a great deal of sympathy with every child involved in the litigation as well as with their families.
"However, for the past five years we have thoroughly investigated every aspect of the claims they are making and we know that there is no link between the reclamation work that was carried out in Corby, over a period of 20 years, and these children's birth defects."
It is anticipated that the birth injury claim case will last more than two months.
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