Personal Injury News

Border guards sue government over dangerous uniform

Posted: July 16, 2014

Posted in: Faulty Work Equipment Workplace Injuries 

Around 250 Border Control guards have claimed for compensation after their new uniforms caused “chemical-type burns”.  The guards argue that the chemicals and dyes used to make the uniforms are causing severe skin conditions.  The border guards have claimed for hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation as the uniforms are burning and irritating their […]

Villagers save for defibrillator heart machine

Posted: June 23, 2014

Posted in: Personal Injury 

After a member of the Lenham Social Club recently died at an event, the club has decided to raise funds for a public defibrillator.  The machine is used to treat cardiac arrests and will be free to be used by anyone in the village.  The machine costs around £1,300 to purchase, and £1,000 of this […]

Contaminated hospital feed kills second baby

Posted: June 13, 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 […]

Airbus guilty over safety failings

Posted: June 8, 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 […]

Police compensation triples in one year

Posted: June 3, 2014

Posted in: Animal Attacks Public Place Accidents Shoulder Injuries Workplace Injuries 

New figures have revealed that compensation paid out to victims of policing issues in Oxfordshire had tripled in the last year. With claims including police-dog bites and psychological injuries, Thames Valley Police has paid out more than £69,000 since the beginning of 2012.  Members of the public have won a total of 70 cases against […]

Almost half a million to council staff

Posted: May 28, 2014

Posted in: Public Place Accidents School Accidents Shoulder Injuries Workplace Injuries Workplace Slip 

In the last two years, just under half a million pounds of compensation has been paid out to East and West Sussex County Council staff. In 2012 and 2013, East and West Sussex County Councils paid-out £472,973 in compensation to injured employees.  One payout of £23,000 by West Sussex County Council went to a teacher who […]

Jeremy Hunt apologises for treatment errors

Posted: May 17, 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 […]

Brain tumour sufferer awarded £8million

Posted: May 8, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence Negligent Cancer Diagnosis NHS Claims 

A girl who was left disabled for life has been awarded £8million of NHS compensation after doctors failed to recognise the early stages of her brain tumour.  Clair Bonfield was ten-years-old when she first went to hospital in 2003 with complaints of persistent headaches and sickness.  The symptoms had been ongoing for around a year […]

Dog breeder fined over savage dogs

Posted: May 1, 2014

Posted in: Animal Attacks 

The owner of two vicious dogs has been fined after they escaped from their compound in Bolton last year, attacking a woman and her two Jack Russels.  Sean Stockton was fined at Bolton Crown Court after pleading guilty to owning a dog that was dangerously out of control in a public place which caused a […]

Bolton Council sees biggest bill in Greater Manchester

Posted: April 22, 2014

Posted in: Public Place Accidents School Accidents Workplace Injuries 

Compensation paid-out by Bolton Council to children injured at school has totaled £150,000, the greatest bill in Greater Manchester excluding Manchester Council.  One payout to an injured child alone was over £24,000. The council saw a total of fifty claims made on behalf of pupils who had suffered a personal injury at either primary or […]