21 February 2022 Priya Vaidya 1272 Case Updates Thorvaldsen v Dundee City Council [2021] ScotCS CSOH 120 byPriya Vaidya The case: The pursuer, a teacher was struck on the head by a wooden partition, knocking him to the floor and rendering him briefly unconscious. He sought to recover damages from his employer. He claimed to have suffered a concussive head injury, followed by dizziness and confusion, debilitating headaches, and ultimately an exacerbation of his poor mental health, characterised by him in these proceedings as a recurrent depressive disorder and a somatic symptom disorder, from which he continued to suffer. The defenders said that the pursuer's injuries were limited to a concussive head injury and associated post - concussion symptoms, all of which resolved themselves within a period of about 7 weeks following the accident. The principal difficulty related to the evidence of the pursuer, whose persistent headaches, if they had an organic basis at all, could not be traced to any neurological injury sustained as a result of the accident. To continue reading you must be an EWI member, become a member and access exclusive content. Already a member? Login Share Print Tags Personal injuryPsychiatry11. Report Writing10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Related articles Most unsatisfactory expert paediatric evidence Email chains, gross misconduct and the experts who count the cost Should a solicitor use track changes on my expert report An expert report that is entirely equivocal on the key issues is of little assistance to the court The diagnosis hang-up and cardiological manifestations of PTSD Switch article A Local Authority v JB [2021] UKSC 52 Previous Article BCX v DTA [2021] EWHC B27 (Costs) Next Article Comments are only visible to subscribers.