Action For Brain Injury Week 2104
The dates for the 2014 Action For Brain Injury Week have been disclosed. Make a note for your diary for the 12-18th May. Last year the focus of this successful campaign was targeted to GP’s, we wait on the emphasis of the 2014 campaign. With an estimated 200,000 people admitted for hospital treatment each year…
Remember Remember the 5th November
Firework injuries are often the result of horseplay or defective fireworks. The most serious types of injury involve burns and eye injuries. Many councils run public displays and these tend to be, according to figures, safe. Fire services are particularly stretched at this time of year and need the general public to be sensible in…
Sandwich bar employee awarded £47,500 after falling at work
She suffered several injuries including whiplash to her neck, damage to her ribs and blurred vision. The woman, who was 34 at the time of the accident, went down to the basement with an empty bread tray. The stairs were made of wood with rubber strips on the edges of the steps. However, some of…
Overworked database administrator awarded £35,000
The 50-year-old has been with the same employer since 1997. In 2006, he received a promotion which meant he was given more responsibilities. This led to him working an excessive number of hours. On a typical week he would work around 30 hours over his normal time. He had a history of neck pain and…
Dependency and Compensation Claims Following Fatal Accidents
It may not be the first thing that comes to mind after a tragic accident but those dependent on the victim will have a claim for compensation, and this claim could be essential to the upkeep of the dependent. Fatal Accident Compensation A fatal accident claim is usually split into two parts. First, compensation for…
Man awarded £2,750 after getting food poisoning at hotel
After the meal he started to suffer from diarrhoea and vomiting. It took him two weeks to recover from the illness and he was weak for a further seven days afterwards. A total of 90 people who had been at the charity dinner suffered the same symptoms. The man was self-employed and was unable to…
Woman awarded £11,500 after falling in a Sainsbury’s warehouse
The woman worked for a company that sold sweets to the Sainsbury’s supermarket chain. It had been part of her job to visit the warehouse to check the delivery of the sweets. The warehouse was poorly lit and a spade had been left on the floor in the walkway. As the woman walked past she…
Man injured on holiday wins £4,500 compensation
The injury happened when he opened the wardrobe in his hotel room in Tunisia. The door came off its rail and fell on his foot. His foot was throbbing with pain but it took two hours for the medical assistant to arrive. The assistant didn’t have any equipment with him so was only able to…
Woman awarded £12,760 after a fall at work
She had worked as a cleaner at a commercial cleaning company. She was carrying a tray of mugs into the kitchen when she tripped on a mat that had been placed on top of the kitchen carpet. She fell head first into a work surface. She fractured three of her teeth in the fall and…
Man awarded £2,500 after tripping on snow covered pothole
The man had been walking across a car park, carrying his one-year-old nephew. There was a large pothole in his path. It was estimated to be six feet wide, three feet long and five inches deep. The man didn’t see it because it was partially covered by snow. He tripped and fell heavily on his…
Pensioner awarded £22,000 after accident on holiday
She had a share in a ground floor timeshare apartment – she needed to be on the ground floor because she was partially wheelchair dependent. However, when she arrived she was told that the ground floor apartment wasn’t ready so she reluctantly agreed to stay in another apartment which involved having to go upseveral steps….
Man awarded £8,000 after suffering hearing loss at work
The man worked in a warehouse for eight years between 2001 and 2009. The warehouse had 17 loading bays. It was a noisy environment with pump trucks, wagons, auto-pickers and dock levellers often being operated simultaneously. During his time at the warehouse, the man sustained permanent bilateral hearing loss of 11.4dB and mild tinnitus as…
Teenager awarded £5,000 after falling off faulty bicycle
He had been riding his mountain bike along an approved track that went through woods and included lots of twists, turns and jumps. As he was travelling downhill, he took a relatively small jump and when he landed, his right handlebar snapped. The boy went flying over the handlebars and his body hit the ground…
Teacher receives compensation after attack by pupil
The teacher was 49 years old when she was attacked at the school where she worked. She was pushed against a wall and the pupil then struck her on the shoulder with aschool bag. She sustained injuries to her neck and shoulder, and suffered from post traumaticstress disorder for two years after the attack. She…
Golfer receives nearly £400,000 after being hit by ball
The accident happened when the novice visited a golf club in 2007. He and his companions were approaching the 7th tee when they heard a warning cry of “fore”. The novice golfer ducked his head and raised his hand to protect himself but was still struck by the ball. His injury was so bad that…
Man awarded £1.8m compensation after ‘sun glare’ accident
He had been in the passenger seat of a vehicle when the driver was blinded by glare from the sun. The driver lost control of the car and collided with a stationary truck. The passenger suffered a near fatal brain injury. He was unconscious for six weeks and then had to spend three months in…
Have you had problems with hair removal creams?
In May 2011 she used AVON’s ‘skin so soft’ hair removal cream adhering to the instructions, and within minutes of application she suffered a severe chemical burn to her skin. The only warnings that were given were on a leaflet in very small print stated “to avoid a skin reaction, test before each use”.There were…
Woman injured in hair salon receives £21,250 compensation
She needed to undergo a skin graft procedure and the hair in the affected area of her scalp will never grow back. The incident happened when she went to a salon to have highlights put in her hair. It wasn’t the first time she had had highlights but it was the first time she had…
Boy left scarred after road accident awarded £30,000
A 14-year-old boy has been awarded £30,000 compensation for injuries he sustained in a road accident. The boy was only two years old when the accident happened in 1998. He was travelling unrestrained on the back seat of a car when the driver lost control and swerved off the road. The boy was thrown through…