Pages On: Wrongful & Accidental Death
Of all the different types of personal injuries that solicitors deal with, accidental death has to be the most tragic. Something has to be seriously wrong for an accident to outrightly kill someone. Accidental deaths are unfortunately very common in a road traffic accidents. There are a very small percentage of fatal workplace accidents, but they are still a very clear and present danger. Even in the medical profession, wrongful death can occur when a patient suffers from neglectful care that could have otherwise prevented the death from occurring. If a loved one has died from accidental death, you may be entitled to claim personal injury compensation on their behalf. Not only will it hold those responsible to account, it will help your family cope with the tragedy, as well as the financial implications.
Fatal Accident Claims in Manchester
Posted in: Personal Injury, Wrongful & Accidental Death
If your family has suffered the tragedy of an accidental death, those dealing with the fallout must adapt to a new way of living. Such a change can take a massive toll on your mental health, finances, and day-to-day life. And that’s to say nothing of the negligent party responsible for the Fatal Accident. Claim compensation for the accidental death of a loved one in Manchester. If you wish to bring a claim against those to blame for your loved one’s death, contact us now on 01615 168 871^ to get started.…
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Legal battle for injured toddler in car accident
Posted: 7 March 2016
Posted in: Car Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A legal bid for compensation has been launched by the lawyers of a toddler who was left with extremely serious injuries following a tragic car crash in which her mother was killed. Cora-Lynn Kelley-Mattock of Aberporth, Ceredigion, was two at the time her 19-year-old mother, Josephine, lost control of her Volkswagen Polo in Llandygwydd in 2013. The young mother sustained brain injuries and died of her injuries on Boxing Day, 3 days after the accident. Cora-Lynn, now aged four, sustained very serious head injuries which has left her severely disabled. Details of the…
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Man dies following chest infection treatment
Posted: 21 February 2016
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Coroner Mark Layton is writing to the chief executive of the Hywel Dda University Health Board to raise his concerns surrounding the death of 85-year-old Margaret Hiorns in 2013. Mrs Hiorns, who died at Llanelli’s Prince Phillip Hospital, suffered a blood clot after being treated for a chest infection. Her family brought into question her treatment, claiming that she had been administered blood-thinning drugs for too long a period. The hospital originally rejected the claim. The coroner is writing to the board, however, to demand that patients be better monitored, especially when…
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Man dies from hospital-contracted Legionnaires
Posted: 15 February 2016
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
68-year-old Terry Brooks from Bath, died from Legionnaire’s disease contracted at the Royal United Hospital in July of last year, an inquest has heard. The inquest also heard that due to failings in the hospital’s system, the contamination had not been detected. The disease, which flourishes in water systems that are not kept hot or cold enough, is caused by the Legionella bacteria. Public Health England, who tested the water supplies at the William Budd ward of the hospital, as well as supplies at three other homes that Mr Brooks had visited…
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Grieving mothers brand bereavement compensation system ‘unjust’
Posted: 23 September 2015
Posted in: Car Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
The mothers of two teenage girls, who were both killed in a car accident last year, have described the bereavement compensation system as “unjust” after they were awarded £13,000 for the loss of their daughters. 16-year-olds Megan Storey and Jordanna Goodwin were both killed, alongside three other teenagers, when the car they had been travelling in collided with another during a Saturday night trip to the fast food restaurant McDonalds. The group of friends had been in a blue Toyota Corolla when the driver ‘lost control’ in Conisbrough, South Yorkshire.…
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Health trusts fined over girl’s death
Posted: 8 September 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Two health trusts have been issued large fines after a disabled girl fell from her faulty bed and died in 2011. 10-year-old Jade Norton, who was severely disabled with Rett syndrome, died when she fell from her bed after suffering a seizure – caused by plastic sheets that fell on top of her – in June 2011. The bed railings were meant to prevent her falling out of her bed, but the railings were damaged and did not secure her. North Lancashire Primary Care and Blackpool Primary Healthcare both admitted…
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Woman dies on Thomson holiday
Posted: 31 May 2015
Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad, Food Poisoning, Wrongful & Accidental Death
In 2012 a mother-of-two died after eating a sorbet on holiday in Greece, despite warning her travel provider and hotel of her food allergies. 50-year-old Amanda Thompson, from Rochdale in Greater Manchester, collapsed in the Rhodes hotel after consuming strawberry sorbet. It was heard in Rochdale Coroner’s Court that Mrs Thompson had warned the holiday provider, Thomson, that she was unable to eat milk, eggs or apples due to severe allergies. Mrs Thompson had been on holiday with her family when she suffered the anaphylactic shock. North Manchester coroner Simon…
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Family seek compensation over F1 crash
Posted: 28 May 2015
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents, Sporting Injuries, Workplace Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death
The family of a Formula 1 test driver that died a year after a serious crash is considering claiming for compensation. Maria De Villota lost her right eye while testing for Marussia at Duxford Airfield in July 2012. Only one year later, she died, aged 33. Earlier this week the Health and Safety Executive said that no action would be taken against Marussia for the accident. The family, however, said that they would conduct a full analysis of the report to “evaluate the next legal steps to claim the corresponding…
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Hospital faces multi-million pound payout
Posted: 19 May 2015
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Head and Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A Stockport hospital faces a multi-million pound payout following the deaths and injuries of a number of patients treated by a negligent nurse. Stepping Hill hospital is under the pressure of 21 claims made by the victims of Victorino Chua, a nurse accused of poisoning patients. It was heard that three of the cases were fatal and many of the other victims now live with life-changing injuries. The largest payout will be made to 41-year-old Grant Misell, an ex-financial markets manager that suffered a ‘catastrophic’ brain injury as a result…
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Parents call for trailer MOTs
Posted: 10 April 2015
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Distraught parents, Scott and Donna Hussey, have called for trailers to undergo MOTs after their son, Freddie, died from fatal head injuries when he was hit by an uncoupled trailer. The driver of the Land Rover pulling the trailer, 37-year-old Tony Davies from Hallen near Bristol, was given 200 hours of community service and disqualified from driving for 6 months by a Bristol Crown Court judge. Despite the outrage of the Husseys, declaring the sentence a “joke” and Davies as “scum”, Judge Geoffrey Mercer stated that there was “no suggestion” that…
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Hospital admits “poor care”
Posted: 18 January 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A health trust has apologised to the family of a woman that died in hospital as a result of “poor care”. Relatives of the woman, however, have dismissed this apology and the case has been referred to the General Medical Council. Margaret Lamberty died in April at the City General hospital in Stoke-on-Trent. She had been diagnosed with a rare condition called mesenteric ischaemia which affects the small intestine. Mrs Lamberty’s daughter, Laura, said that her family found the medical report to have missed out some key details which accounted…
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Stem cell freezing errors led to child’s death
Posted: 26 November 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Negligent Cancer Diagnosis, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Following the death of a 12-year-old girl in 2013, questions have been asked regarding whether a problem freezing stem cells could have affected her chance of survival. Sophie Ryan-Palmer had been fighting cancer for ten years, and was thought to be undergoing her final bone marrow transplant before being discharged from hospital. She sadly died on 17 July. It was suggested by a coroner that Sophie’s death could have been prevented had there not been a problem during the medical procedure at Great Ormond Street Hospital. It was heard that…
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Mother makes plea to drivers
Posted: 14 August 2014
Posted in: Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
The mother of two girls that died while travelling in a badly maintained car has made a plea to all drivers to look after their vehicles properly. 10-year-old Tamzin and 7-year-old Jessica Portor from Lincolnshire had been on their way to the cinema when the accident happened in 2012. It was heard at an inquest in King’s Lynn that the Ford Focus they had been travelling in had very low tyre treads. The partner of the girls’ father, Marie Easter, had been driving the car at the time of the accident.…
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Contaminated hospital feed kills second baby
Posted: 13 June 2014
Posted in: Birth Injury, Food Poisoning, Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Another baby has died at St Thomas’ Hospital in London from what is believed to have been a contaminated food supply. Twenty-two babies are currently being treated for blood poisoning in connection with the infectious outbreak. All of the babies were being fed a liquid mixture of nutrients directly into their bloodstream, after which the babies developed septicemia. Public Health England said that the septicemia was caused by the Bacillus cereus bacterium, a form of bacteria linked closely with an “intravenous fluid supplied by ITH Pharma”. Public Health England (PHE)…
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Airbus guilty over safety failings
Posted: 8 June 2014
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Workplace Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Commercial aircraft manufacturer Airbus has pleaded guilty to health and safety failings after a worker was crushed to death in one of its factories. 62-year-old Donald Williams, a highly experienced mechanic, suffered a fractured skull in an accident that happened in the company’s Flintshire factory. The accident occurred in November 2011 and was brought to the Mold Crown Court by the Health and Safety Executive. Airbus pleaded guilty to the charge on a “full facts” basis, and other charges were dropped. Prosecutor Simon Parrington said that these included the company’s failure to assess…
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Jeremy Hunt apologises for treatment errors
Posted: 17 May 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
After a stroke patient was turned away from hospital late last year, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has personally apologised to the family. 89-year-old John Mallalieu from Caunton died in December, having been turned away by a hospital’s specialist unit. Two weeks prior to Mr Mallalieu’s death, his ambulance was diverted from a hospital near Mansfield to Nottingham. Firstly, the ambulance took 90 minutes to arrive before he was told that the specialist stroke unit at King’s Mill Hospital could not accept him. A report into the treatment of Mr Mallalieu…
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Poor care to blame for baby’s death
Posted: 22 March 2014
Posted in: Birth Injury, Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
The family of a baby who was stillborn have blamed the hospital’s poor standard of care for what happened. Deborah and Richard Horner, from North Yorkshire, were expecting their daughter Abbie to be delivered at St James’ Hospital in Leeds in 2011. Abbie, however, was still born as a result of care failings and poor communication between hospital staff. The midwife in charge of Mrs Horner’s care was suspended by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, and has since retired. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust admitted to their failings, saying that…
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Surgeon responsible for fatal bug wins disclosure case
Posted: 22 March 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence, NHS Claims, Wrongful & Accidental Death
After five patients died as a result of a surgeon’s poor treatment, the High Court has ruled that he cannot be forced into telling future patients about his clinical history. John Lu worked at Nottingham’s Trent Cardiac Centre, where he infected 11 patients and killed 5. The investigation into Mr Lu’s standard of practice was sparked as a result of numerous patients becoming infected with an antibiotic-resistant strain of bacteria, where he was found to be the common source. The investigation was carried out by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust in…
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Severe care home failings
Posted: 13 February 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A care home in Surrey has been closed down after inspectors rated it as “inadequate” in every category of inspection. Two people died as a result of the extremely low standards of Merok Park in Banstead, Surrey, and its sister home in Grantley Court in Sutton, south London. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors found staff not complying with health and safety standards, mistreating patients, and ignoring patients in distress. The care home was closed following the death of 85-year-old dementia-sufferer Alfred Dodd who died of pneumonia two days after…
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Fishermen poisoned by lethal gas
Posted: 4 February 2014
Posted in: Workplace Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Two fishermen have died after being poisoned by lethal gas in their bunks on a vessel in Whitby. An investigation into the accident found that the men had lit the grill of the butane gas cooker to heat up the sleeping area in the wheelhouse, which resulted in a high expulsion of carbon monoxide. Mark Arries (26) from Blyth, Northumberland, and Edward Ide (21) from Amble, Northumberland, had been resting in the scallop dredger Eshcol when the accident happened. Paramedics declared the men dead at the scene on the 15th…
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Hospital criticised following boy's battery death
Posted: 17 December 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A hospital have been criticised for “missed opportunities’ after a 14-month old boy died last year after swallowing a battery. Wsam Noorwali had been taken into hospital after vomiting blood at his home in Hamilton, but sadly died the next day. Leicester Royal Infirmary are being held accountable for the death as they failed to carry out an x-ray or endoscopy to determine the source of the problem, which resulted in his death at around 7:00 on the 19th of August 2012. An inquest at Leicester Coroner’s Court heard that…
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Man’s death triggers speed reduction
Posted: 4 December 2013
Posted in: Car Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
The speed limit of a stretch of road in Cambridgeshire has been temporarily reduced after six accidents were reported there in a window of six days; in one of which a man died. Keith Pettitt (50), from Deene Thorpe, was pulled out of the River Nene off North Bank, Whitlesey from his Skoda Octavia on Monday. Police believe that his body could have been in the water for the last week. Peterborough City Council has reduced the speed limit of the road from 60mph to 40mph as a temporary measure…
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Engineering company receive £160,000 fine following crane death
Posted: 27 November 2013
Posted in: Employer Negligence, Workplace Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Engineering company Assystem UK Ltd have been fined £160,000 after an electrician was crushed by a crane in their Lancashire factory. 51-year-old Liam O’Neill had been replacing a control cable on a platform when a crane suddenly moved and crushed him to death. Originally from Didsbury, Manchester, Mr O’Neill was immediately rushed to hospital, where he died of his injuries only a week later. Assystem UK Ltd pleaded guilty to safety failures at Preston Crown Court: including a failure to ensure the safety of staff. The prosecution was made under…
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Child dies of brain damage following hospital operation
Posted: 22 November 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
7-year-old Luke Jenkins died after undergoing heart surgery at Bristol Children’s Hospital, despite expectations of a full recovery following the op. During the procedure, his heart went into cardiac arrest, which resulted in him suffering severe brain damage and his subsequent death. Even though Avon coroner Maria Voisin heard that there was “no evidence of gross failure” in the hospital’s care, Luke’s mother argues that his death could have been prevented. Luke, from Cardiff, was born with a congenital heart defect that required major surgery. Only a week after this surgery,…
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Woman dies after 80ft plunge in Primark
Posted: 23 October 2013
Posted in: Arm Injury, Leg Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Shop Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A woman, who remains unnamed, has died in hospital after falling 80ft (24m) from the third floor of popular clothing store Primark in Liverpool. The accident happened on Tuesday at around 18:00 BST, where she was found at the bottom of the store’s escalators on the ground floor of Church Street’s Primark. The woman had been spotted only moments before the incident near a balcony by the third-floor’s escalators. Believed to be in her late fifties, the woman was immediately treated by a doctor where she was found, but was pronounced dead…
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Hospital treated teenage girl as “collateral damage”
Posted: 18 September 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
After 15-year-old Amie Miller died in 2008 due to numerous hospital failings, her parents said that Basildon Hospital treated her like she was purely “collateral damage”. Having complained frequently of headaches at school, (Grays Convent High School in Thurrock, Essex) she was taken to Basildon Hospital and died only three days later. An inquest heard that the hospital had countless opportunities to save her life and a jury ruled that hospital staff failed to carry out basic checks on her welfare, failed to administer the correct treatment, and failed to…
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Hospital fails to monitor diabetic’s blood sugar
Posted: 10 August 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
36-year-old Claire Harry died in 2010 after hospital staff failed to monitor her blood sugar level, leading to her eventual death after she fell into a diabetic coma. With a complicated medical history, including liver failure and a long battle with diabetes, Ms. Harry was admitted to the Royal Cornwall Hospital on the 27 of September with a severe chest infection. Having received treatment from the hospital for over 12 years, the hospital’s failure resulted in her death. Coroner Dr. Emma Carlyon heard that hospital staff did not recognise the…
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Women bailed following fatal dog attack
Posted: 3 June 2013
Posted in: Animal Attacks, Criminal Injury and Assault, Wrongful & Accidental Death
After many complaints about dogs “damaging his garden fence”, 79-year-old Clifford Clarke was mauled to death, by what appeared to be a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, in the garden of his own home. Two women, from Mr. Clarke’s hometown of Clubmoor in Liverpool, had been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, but have recently been released on bail. The women, of 27 and 28, had also been registered as offenders under the Dangerous Dog Act. Mr. Clarke was supposedly cooking dinner when the dog got through his garden fence. A post-mortem examination…
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Ending the postcode lottery for inquests
Posted: 6 March 2013
Posted in: Wrongful & Accidental Death
Supporting bereaved families during an inquest will be at the heart of the new coroner system in England and Wales, according to Justice Minister Helen Grant. For far too long the coroner system has lacked a national framework, meaning from one area to the next there has been a wide range of standards. Under new plans, coroners will: be subject to stricter time limits for completing an inquest;have to report any cases that last more than a year to the Chief Coroner;be required to release bodies for funerals within 30…
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Record damages awarded following car accident
Posted: 22 November 2012
Posted in: Car Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A 17-year-old girl has been awarded compensation worth around £23million following a car crash in 2009 that killed her mother and left Agnes Collier and her brother Rufus seriously injured, reports the Independent. The accident happened when a motorist pulled out of a side road, causing the car driven by 48-year-old Karen Hood to be hit by a lorry. Rufus has since recovered from the accident, but Agnes was left with no use of her legs and limited use of her arms. Her compensation will be paid as a lump…
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