Pages On: Head and Brain Injuries

Production line worker suffers tinnitus after accident at work

Posted: 1 May 2016

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Head and Brain Injuries, Industrial Deafness and Disease, Workplace Injuries

A 54-year-old production worker has received compensation after hitting his head off of a steel conveyor belt, causing him to suffer from Tinnitus. Paul Kelly was awarded an undisclosed sum following the damage to his hearing and regular bouts of migraine in an accident in work. The operative was working alongside the conveyor belt, which was around 5 feet off the ground, when he hit his head against it. He had not been issued with any protective equipment and was therefore not wearing a hard hat. It was brought to light that…

Holidaymaker requires stitches following aeroplane toilet incident

Posted: 24 April 2016

Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad, Head and Brain Injuries, Leg Injuries, Neck Injuries, Public Transport, Spine & Back Injuries

A 55-year-old holidaymaker from Forest Hall in Newcastle required 14 stitches to her head following a metal toilet cabinet falling on her head during a long-haul flight. The woman, who has remained unnamed, had been on holiday in Kuala Lumpur and was returning to Newcastle via Amsterdam when the accident occurred. The traveller, who passed out in the toilet, sustained injuries to her neck, back, coccyx and thigh.  She also required both internal and external stitches to her head. The airline, Dutch company KLM, denied liability however offered to pay compensation of…

Construction worker awarded over £300,000

Posted: 12 April 2016

Posted in: Car Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Hip Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents, Workplace Injuries

A construction worker who was very seriously injured in a motor vehicle accident whilst travelling to work has been awarded over £300,000 in compensation. The accident occurred when a female driver travelling in the other direction lost control of her car and veered into the path of the worker. The female driver sadly lost her life as a result of the accident. The injured man was taken to hospital by ambulance, where it was found that he was suffering from multiple fractures and injuries. The victim, who was in this 50s, sustained…

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…

British airways passenger sues

Posted: 12 January 2016

Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Public Transport, Whiplash Injuries

A passenger that suffered serious injuries after a bag fell onto them from an overhead compartment is suing air travel giants British Airways. 45-year-old Wayne Herbert from north London had been travelling on the US-bound plane when a fellow passenger’s travel bag fell onto his head as the plane waited to take off. He claims he suffered serious whiplash injuries as a result of the incident. The accident happened on 28 October last year, but Mr Herbert claims that he still suffers from anxiety following the “traumatic” incident. It was…

Young girl awarded £1k following dog attack

Posted: 31 December 2015

Posted in: Animal Attacks, Head and Brain Injuries

A nine-year-old girl from Old Colwyn has been awarded £1,000 in compensation after a dog bit her on the face, leaving her with injuries to her nose. Prosecutor Nia Lloyd said that the young girl had simply been stroking the dog as it wandered around inside The Cuckoo Club last August. CCTV footage shows the dog snapping at the young girl when she bent down to pat it. Owner of the German Pointer called Katie, 65-year-old David Chapman, admitted to owning a dangerously out of control dog that caused injury.…

Child awarded £11.5m in compensation

Posted: 10 December 2015

Posted in: Birth Injury, Head and Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence

Royal Sussex County Hospital have awarded a five-year-old child a near record £11.5 million after admitting that had he been born 11 minutes earlier, he would have not sustained any harm.  His umbilical cord had prolapsed during the birth process resulting in a lack of oxygen to his brain, which, had it been noticed by midwives, could have been avoided.  The negligence has left the boy suffering from cerebral palsy which affects both his arms and legs. The High Court in London heard yesterday that interim payments have allowed the…

British couple wins damages following accident abroad

Posted: 30 November 2015

Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad, Head and Brain Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A couple who had been working abroad as freelancers in Ethiopia have been awarded compensation after being involved in a serious road traffic collision. The couple had been travelling as passengers when the vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with another car. Both suffered severe injuries in the accident, including head and spinal injuries, and required emergency care in Addis Ababa before being repatriated to the UK by air ambulance. The case was taken to the High Court where both the Ethiopian and American defendants accepted the jurisdiction of…

Young rugby players at risk of memory loss and depression

Posted: 25 October 2015

Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Sporting Injuries

New research has revealed the extent to which rugby is damaging players, with harm being done as young as school age. Being such a high impact sport, injury is a common occurrence. However, researchers have found that at least one head injury or concussion occurs per match in the community game, with concussion equally common in children’s games. People are starting to question, for a game that features traumatic and repetitive brain injury as a routine occurrence, is it safe? Rugby is a sport that continues to grow in popularity…

£10,000 payout for injured teen riding Motorcycle

Posted: 21 August 2015

Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Motorcycle Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents, Shoulder Injuries

An eighteen-year-old girl from Doncaster has been awarded £10,000 in compensation for her injuries after a farmer left a country road covered in mud, resulting in her being thrown off her motorbike. Carrie Dickinson had been on her motorbike only a few miles away from her home in Belton when the accident happened nearly two years ago. It was heard that she had left college early to visit her dad, but mud on one of the country roads caused her wheels to lose traction, and she lost control of her bike.…

Cyclist wins multi-million pound compensation package

Posted: 24 June 2015

Posted in: Bicycle Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents

A cyclist from Tunbridge Wells has been awarded a multi-million pound compensation package after an accident whilst cycling left her in a “minimally conscious state”. 62-year-old office administrator Fenella Sinclair had been riding her bicycle home from work when she was involved in a serious collision with a car in July 2011. The accident left her with severe brain injuries and multiple skull fractures. Four years following the accident, she relies on 24-hour care and still suffers pain. Mrs Sinclair’s daughter and friend Rebecca Da Silva Lima, who succeeded in…

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…

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…

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…

Boy injured from cliff fall

Posted: 1 February 2015

Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Public Place Accidents

A 12-year-old boy has suffered severe injuries after falling down a cliff in East Sussex. The boy, who remains unnamed, fell down the 30ft cliff edge on the West Hill in Hastings at around 12.30pm yesterday (31 January). He landed in a gully close by a café. A fire crew was immediately contacted, and an air ambulance crew treated him at the scene. After rescuing him, they were unable to transfer him to hospital as a result of bad weather conditions. A spokesperson from the East Sussex Fire and Rescue…

Family to receive £6.5 million in compensation

Posted: 9 October 2014

Posted in: Birth Injury, Head and Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence

A hospital trust is to payout £6.5 million in compensation to the family of a boy who was born with severe brain damage following a series of medical mistakes. Cody Lyster-Hughes’s mother, Caroline Lyster, was admitted to the Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby, after it was discovered that she had an infection while pregnant. Mrs Lyster was seven-and-a-half months pregnant when the infection was first detected in 2005. Doctors treated her with a course of antibiotics and steroids. Following hospital treatment, a pathology report was produced which showed that she had…

Thief left man brain damaged

Posted: 28 August 2014

Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Head and Brain Injuries

A man has been found guilty of attempted murder after he attacked two men, leaving one brain-damaged and blind.  27-year-old Clive Malone from Great Yarmouth had attempted to steal the laptop of Russell Lambert (55) while he was at a birthday party. He attacked Mr Lambert and his brother, Patrick (62) on the 1st of February this year.  Russell has remained blind, brain-damaged and paralysed in hospital since the attack. Malone had started an argument over the laptop at a birthday party, which he later returned to with the intention…

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…

Schools payout £1.5m to injured children

Posted: 14 April 2014

Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Public Place Accidents, School Accidents

Figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request have revealed that Greater Manchester schools have paid out £1.5 million in compensation to injured pupils in the last five years. These accidents were mainly due to ‘basic health and safety failings’, which included one pupil being struck by a falling goal post, and another getting their fingers trapped behind a radiator. Of the ten boroughs of Greater Manchester, Manchester was responsible for the majority of claims.  A total of 190 were made in Manchester, costing the council a total of £943,848. The figures…

£3m payout to lollipop lady

Posted: 7 April 2014

Posted in: Car Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Pedestrian Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents, Workplace Injuries

A lollipop lady has finally won compensation following an accident that happened in 2011.  The South Sheilds lollipop lady Eleanor Harman has struggled to win compensation since the devastating accident, but has finally been successful due to the finding of crucial CCTV footage.  The footage clearly shows the 61-year-old being mown down by a car on the school run.  Mrs Harman suffered a severe brain injury in the accident, and now requires constant care. The driver of the vehicle, Margaret Boyles, initially denied liability and was given a £90 fine.…

Welder awarded £500,000 for injuries

Posted: 2 March 2014

Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A welder will never work again following the injuries he suffered when a metal jack collapsed under him and smashed his face. The 49-year-old man had been working for the Trafford Park based motor firm the Hulme Group, trying to weld two pieces of steel when the accident occurred. The subsequent injuries were so severe he must now spend the rest of his life wearing a plastic mask on the left of his face. He recently was awarded with half a million pounds in compensation. The welder required multiple operations following the accident…

Head Injuries – Compensation Claims Solicitors

Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Personal Injury

If you are suffering from the results of a head injury, there is no need to tell you just how distressing even otherwise everyday things can become on the road to regaining your former quality of life. Serious head injuries can be the result of an accident such as, an accident at work, a bad fall or a car crash. For some the length of recovery is short, for others it is an uncertain journey taken over weeks, months, even years. Many lives will be changed forever following head injuries…

Morrisons employee assaulted

Posted: 26 January 2014

Posted in: Arm Injury, Criminal Injury and Assault, Head and Brain Injuries, Neck Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Shop Accidents

45-year-old Ahmed Mohamud has made a unique personal injury compensation claim against the supermarket giant Morrisons after being “brutally assaulted” by a member of staff.  The customer suffered severe head and neck injuries, as well as a fractured elbow, after being repeatedly kicked and punched by an attendant at the petrol kiosk. Adam Ohringer, his counsel, told London’s Appeal Court that the violence occurred in March 2008 when Mr Mohamud had stopped at a Small Health branch to check his car’s tyre pressure. During Mr Mohamud’s wait at the petrol station,…

Is it time to make ski helmets compulsory?

Posted: 7 January 2014

Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Public Place Accidents

Following Michael Schumacher’s recent accident on the slopes, the question has been raised whether ski helmets should be made compulsory. Even though Michael Schumacher had been wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, which cracked in half on impact, a neurosurgeon from King’s College in London said that it would have “minimized the severity of injury.” It most probably saved his life. A recent study carried out by a brain injury charity – Headway – unveiled that the impact on a skull protected by a helmet was “four times…

Hospital payout for birthing errors

Posted: 8 October 2013

Posted in: Birth Injury, Head and Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence

A University Hospital in Coventry has given a compensation payout to the family of an 8-year-old girl who was left severely disabled after complications in her birth in 2005.  Maryellen McDowall was admitted to the University hospital when her contractions started, but when her baby, Hollie, appeared not to be moving, hospital staff did not act.  Hollie was starved of oxygen as a result of these medical failures, resulting in her now needing 24-hour care for cerebral palsy. Hollie currently lives in a specially adapted flat on the ground floor…

Eye Injury Compensation Claims

Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Personal Injury

Eye injuries range from those that are relatively minor, such as irritation, to permanent vision loss or impairment. Common causes of eye injuries include those resulting from an object getting stuck in the eye, sudden impact to the eye, hazardous substances and light-related eye injuries. Regardless of the cause, our Manchester personal injury specialists will be able to provide more information in respect of whether you can claim for compensation as a result of the eye injury suffered. Make a Claim for an Eye Injury in Manchester In order for…

Royal Marine wins damages appeal after brain injury

Posted: 9 July 2013

Posted in: Armed Forces Injuries, Head and Brain Injuries, Workplace Injuries

Thomas Birth, a Royal Marine from Derbyshire, won his fight for damages after his Land Rover plunged off a cliff in Afghanistan seven years ago.  In 2006, the 18-year-old lance corporal fell 100ft after he lost control of his vehicle in Helmand Provence and sustained serious head injuries. After having relearned to walk and talk, the now 25-year-old Mr. Birch has been awarded with compensation from the Ministry of Defence. He suffered brain, skull, and internal organ injuries of such a great scale in the crash that he has had to…

Damages awarded for injury at birth

Posted: 15 January 2013

Posted in: Birth Injury, Head and Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence

A mother has won her 14-year legal battle for medical negligence compensation after her son suffered severe brain damage at birth, reports the Guardian. Clare Scott claims that during her labour, her son Charlie’s umbilical cord was wrapped around his shoulders for 20 minutes in the womb before it was noticed by midwives. Even after the problem was picked up, medical staff at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital Trust failed to act quickly enough, and Charlie was starved of oxygen. He was left with severe cerebral palsy, and requires constant care.…

Property developer sentenced over Manchester gas explosion

Posted: 30 November 2012

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Hand Injuries, Head and Brain Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A property development firm has been fined £100,000 following a major gas explosion that injured a worker and destroyed dozens of homes in South Manchester. Manchester Crown Court heard that a former hospital building was being converted into houses and apartments when a worker cut through a six-inch gas pipe in an underground tunnel. He suffered burns to his hands and face when gas inside the pipe ignited. About an hour later, gas that had continued to leak from the damaged pipe ignited again causing an explosion that destroyed a…