August 31, 2011
People who are mistreated in hospital will often make a compensation claim. This happens if a patient has been left injured, unwell or even traumatised by their time in hospital, because of mistakes made by staff.
A woman has recently suffered a trauma after she was told that she had miscarried her baby. But just [...]
August 30, 2011
A woman, who had to stay in hospital for two and a half years, has just been awarded medical negligence compensation of £500,000.
This injury compensation has been awarded because the hospital did not treat her infection correctly, and this led to her extended stay in hospital.
The woman had to undergo surgery to remove part [...]
August 29, 2011
A man has been left disabled after he received brain surgery that went wrong. The case is made more shocking by the fact that it turns out that he didn’t even need brain surgery.
The man now has to receive care 24 hours a day after the surgeon carrying out the procedure took a biopsy [...]
August 29, 2011
A woman, who was grieving the loss of her baby son has just been awarded compensation following an incident in which she was handed parts of the stillborn baby in an envelope.
The envelope contained skin and tissue samples from the baby and was handed to her by the receptionist at the hospital. The woman [...]
August 28, 2011
A woman is taking her compensation claim to the European Court of Human Rights following the death of her partner following an accident at work.
The woman’s initial compensation claim was rejected because she was not married to her partner but the woman was pregnant with the man’s baby at the time he died and [...]
August 27, 2011
Going into hospital is not something that anyone enjoys. In fact the majority of people will do anything to avoid it. However, there are circumstances under which some people are pleased to be receiving medical attention. They go into hospital feeling relieved that they are finally getting their problems dealt with and they assume that [...]
August 26, 2011
Driving out on the roads can sometimes be dangerous; particularly when drivers take risks that could result in an accident.
New figures have just been released that show that motorists who are 17 years old are the group that take the most risk when it comes to going through traffic lights at junctions.
In the [...]
August 26, 2011
Falling from height accidents happen far too often in work places and sometimes these sorts of accidents can be fatal.
The parents of a Sea Cadet are now thought to be launching a compensation claim after their son died while he was taking part in an event with the Sea Cadets.
The youngster was climbing up [...]
August 25, 2011
A woman has launched a compensation claim on behalf of her daughter, who was left brain damaged after a car accident.
The woman has made an accident compensation claim of £500,000 following the accident. The victim now needs care 24 hours a day as a result of the serious crash that she was involved in. The [...]
August 25, 2011
A man has been left with serious injuries to his fingers following an accident with a pork mixing machine.
The man was working in a factory at the time of the accident and the incident happened after he saw that there was a piece of blue plastic amongst the pork that was being mixed. The [...]