January 24, 2012
A shopping centre in Leicestershire has agreed to pay a significant amount in personal injury compensation to a woman who slipped and fell on a wet floor.
Gweneth Bowler slipped on the wet floor of a bridge link to the entrance to the Highcross Shopping Centre, fracturing her shoulder and hop as he fell. The [...]
January 23, 2012
A young girl from Carlisle has reportedly been awarded a total of £5.6 million in birth injury compensation after hospital mistakes during her delivery left her with extensive brain damage.
The eleven year old, who has not been named, was born at Carlisle’s Cumberland Infirmary. However, during her birth, hospital staff failed to notice [...]
January 21, 2012
Slips, trips and falls happen all the time, and they can happen anywhere. Sometimes they are unavoidable accidents in which nothing but clumsiness is to blame, but on other occasions, there is something that could have been done to prevent them.
Some people get away with just a bruise or a scrape after a slip, trip [...]
January 19, 2012
If you are exposed to a hazard whilst at work and it damages your health, you have the right to seek compensation. It may be that your employer didn’t properly assess the risks before giving you a particular task, properly train you in how to complete it, or that tools or equipment were defective.
Whatever [...]
January 18, 2012
The high street chocolate chain Thornton’s has reportedly been fined a total of £20,000 after a worker fractured a finger in a foil wrapping machine.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the injuries Ellen Yardley, 37, sustained when attempting to clean inside a wrapping machine chute could have been avoided. [...]
January 17, 2012
An accident can happen virtually anywhere, but if someone else is to blame for it, you have the right to seek injury compensation.
A lot of personal injuries occur after accidents in public places such as train stations. These busy and sometimes large public transport terminals can be very hazardous if the right care and [...]
January 15, 2012
A logistics firm based in Lichfield could be facing an injury compensation claim from an employee who fractured his neck in a serious work accident.
Barry Hill, 60, sustained injuries to his right wrist and his neck when he was working at a Palletways (UK) Ltd plant. He attempted to prevent an unsteady computer cabinet [...]
January 14, 2012
If you have been injured through no fault of your own, it is always a good idea to speak to a personal injury specialist to see if you are eligible to make a compensation claim. This advice goes for injuries caused by other people’s dogs too, although making a successful claim can sometimes be difficult. [...]
January 13, 2012
A woman from Worcester who filed an injury compensation claim after tripping on a pavement has had her case rejected, prompting her to speak out on the matter.
Speaking to Worcester News, Josephine Ashenden described what happened to her in the September 2010 incident. She said that she was walking back to her car after [...]
January 11, 2012
An accident abroad can ruin your holiday, but it can also have more serious consequences. You could face severe injuries, huge medical bills and even trouble getting home again, not to mention the fact that your injuries could continue to negatively affect your life when you get back home again.
You will be relieved to know [...]