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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…

Motorcyclist wins £130,000 following accident

Posted: 4 April 2016

Posted in: Arm Injury, Hip Injuries, Leg Injuries, Motorcycle Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents, Shoulder Injuries

A motorcyclist has been awarded compensation of £130,000 following a serious accident involving a van. The rider was thrown from his bike when a van pulled out from a side road into his path, causing him to carry out an emergency stop. He was then thrown on to the road, causing him to sustain injuries all over. He sustained fractures to his right leg, left shoulder, clavicle and left wrist and injured his right hip. The claimant had to undergo emergency surgery to his left arm and right knee. After the surgery,…

Workplace fall sees civil servant gaining substantial compensation

Posted: 22 March 2016

Posted in: Foot Injuries, Workplace Injuries, Workplace Slip

A 43-year-old civil servant from Surrey has been awarded substantial damages following an accident at work.  The employee, who has opted to remain unnamed, had a fall at her workplace at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), leaving her having to undergo three operations to her ankle after the fall. A hearing has heard that the worker, from Thornton Heath, has been left with a permanent injury to her ankle, which will more than likely require more surgery in the future.  The civil servant has been left with a…

Accident on crossing despite complaints

Posted: 1 March 2016

Posted in: Arm Injury, Foot Injuries, Motorcycle Accidents, Pedestrian Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents

A Blackburn teenager has been taken to hospital on Monday following a collision with a motorcyclist whilst crossing the road on a zebra crossing. Commenting on the incident, Meadowhead ward councillor, Konrad Tapp, confirmed that concerns were raised several years ago when the crossing was converted from traffic lights to a zebra crossing on the road. Campaigns were ignored, with protesters claiming that the zebra crossing was not adequate in Gib Lane, near St Bede’s School. The teenager was crossing the road at 8.10am on Monday morning when the accident occurred. ‘fractured…

Laser tag company admits failings

Posted: 30 January 2016

Posted in: Knee Injury, Public Place Accidents

Former owners of a laser tag arena in Oldbury, DFI Services Limited, pleaded guilty to two offences of neglect at a hearing in Sandwell Magistrates’ Court on 19 January 2015. The hearing followed a serious accident that took place at The Raceway, Park Lane Trading Estate on 13 July 2013 when an 11-year-old boy fell onto a metal grid, lacerating his knee. The wound required 60 stitches and the boy is still suffering ongoing medical issues.  He has also undergone several operations on his injuries. Fined £10,000 It was found that…

Dog to be destroyed following pensioner bite

Posted: 25 August 2015

Posted in: Animal Attacks, Leg Injuries

A family dog has been branded a “weapon” and a “wild animal” after it attacked and injured an elderly woman.  The rescue dog, Buster, attacked 72-year-old Jean Holmes while she admired a plant display at a Lidl supermarket in Carlisle earlier this year. The 13-year-old Lurcher’s owner, David Stephenson, said that the dog had always been placid and friendly in the house, but admitted to owning an out-of-control dog that caused serious injury in court last week. It was heard at the Carlisle magistrates court that Mrs Holmes had recognised…

Compensation for injured cameraman

Posted: 30 January 2015

Posted in: Foot Injuries, Leg Injuries, Medical Negligence, Motorcycle Accidents, Workplace Injuries

An “inspirational” cameraman has been awarded a “substantial” compensation package after filming the moment that a motorbike crashed into him. 52-year-old Noel Greaves-Lord, from Worthing, had been filming from a pavement in Cannes, France, when a motorcyclist lost control and skidded into him while coming round a bend. He had to undergo several operations to fix his fractured ankle, but after contracting MRSA – an antibiotic resistant bacterial infection – doctors advised that amputation was the safest option. During his extremely successful career, Mr Greaves-Lord covered extensive national and international…

Soldier wins damages for injuries

Posted: 9 September 2014

Posted in: Armed Forces Injuries, Employer Negligence, Foot Injuries, Workplace Injuries

An ex-soldier has won more than £125,000 in compensation after suffering frostbite-like injuries during a training drill. John Billett (29) suffered permanent injuries to his feet after being forced to lie in freezing conditions during a leadership training exercise. Having left the armed forced in 2011, the MoD accepted 75% liability for Mr Billett’s life-changing injuries and Judge Andrew Edis QC awarded him £127,956 in damages. Mr Billett, a former Lance Corporeal in the Royal Logistics Corps, completed a tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2010 and was commended for…

Woman fined over dangerous dog

Posted: 29 August 2014

Posted in: Animal Attacks, Leg Injuries

A woman has been fined after the dog she was in charge of viciously attacked a neighbour. Theresa Miskimmin had been in charge of the dog, ‘Whinney’, when the accident happened last year. Her neighbour, Dawn Johnson, suffered multiple injuries after the dog jumped up and bit her in the middle of the street. It was heard that the dog escaped for Ms Miskimmin’s garden in Leigh before attacking Ms Johnson.  However, the attack was not reported as she only suffered minor injuries.  This year, however, on the 25th of…

Aircraft engineer wins £600k

Posted: 27 July 2014

Posted in: Arm Injury, Faulty Work Equipment, Leg Injuries, Public Transport, Workplace Injuries

An engineer at Manchester Airport has been awarded a £600,000 payout after the tyre he was inflating was blown up at a pressure 14x higher than expected by faulty equipment. Hendrik Donkers endured a four-year legal battle following the accident, in which he lost both his arm and a leg, before compensation was offered. The father of one had been inflating a tyre that significantly over-inflated due to faulty equipment, causing it to explode on the tarmac. Lufthansa and UK firm Storm Aviation – who provided Mr Donkers with the faulty…

Birthday spent with lifesaving doctor

Posted: 4 November 2013

Posted in: Bicycle Accidents, Knee Injury, Leg Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents

After Benjamin Haughton, a 16-year-old cyclist, collided with a Land Rover in July, he has since celebrated his birthday with the doctor who helped save his life. Benjamin Haughton had been running an errand for his Mother when the accident occurred, and had to be immediately airlifted to hospital. Dr Simon Lewis, a volunteer with Magpas Helimedix Service, assisted after finding Mr Haughton on top of the vehicle with “life-threatening injuries”. Originally from Hartest near Bury St Edmunds, Mr Haughton was flown directly to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, where he received immediate…

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…

Injured man receives £81,500 after horse was killed by car

Posted: 3 August 2013

Posted in: Knee Injury, Road Traffic Accidents, Spine & Back Injuries, Sporting Injuries

Richard Clutterbuck has been awarded with £81,500 from an insurance settlement after being hit by a car when riding his horse along the roadside. Mr Clutterbuck’s suffered a fractured spine in the accident, yet his horse Linford died instantly. The horse was hit when a car attempted to overtake another car, which had slowed down to pass them. Mr Clutterbuck had been riding alongside his wife, Gillian, and her horse Poppy down Braybrooke Road, Great Oxendon, in August 2010. When realising that the car on the opposite side of the road was going…

Chemical firm prosecuted over multiple incidents

Posted: 18 April 2013

Posted in: Falls from Heights, Foot Injuries, Workplace Injuries

An international chemical firm has been fined more than £100,000 after workers were put in danger in three separate incidents at its Cheshire factory. One employee suffered severe burns to his right foot which removed a layer of skin and required 18 months of treatment. Another worker was injured when the metal grating he was walking on gave way five floors up, and employees were also put at risk when high levels of carbon monoxide were released into the former plant. The firm was prosecuted by the Health and Safety…

Council in court over worker's 230 volt shock

Posted: 18 December 2012

Posted in: Arm Injury, Leg Injuries, Workplace Injuries

Bury Council has appeared in court after one of its employees suffered an electric shock from a 230 volt mains cable. The 33-year-old from Prestwich suffered burns to his wrist, leg and groin and singed his facial hair while removing a lamp post in Radcliffe in June 2011. The local authority was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an investigation found he had received inadequate training and supervision for the work, leading to his personal injuries. Trafford Magistrates’ Court heard that new street lights had recently been…

Leg Injuries Compensation Claims in Manchester

Posted in: Leg Injuries, Personal Injury

If you have suffered an injury to any part of your leg, including your foot or your ankle that was not your fault then you can make a leg injury compensation claim via our personal injury solicitors** for Manchester. There is no closed list of the number of ways in which you could suffer leg injuries, and it can be a result of any one of the following: slips, trips, or fallscar or motorbike accidentsaccidents at workmedical negligence There are many ways in which you can hurt your leg, from…