Court awards record settlement for worker with RSI

Union leaders are forecasting thousands of claims for compensation for repetitive strain injury from keyboard workers after last week's record £79 900 ($119 850) settlement for a typist who had worked for the Inland Revenue. The payment, to Kathleen Harris, aged 47, outstrips the previous record of £59 000 ($88 500) for a similar case.

The settlement comes three months after Judge John Prosser rejected a High Court claim by Rafiq Mughai, …