November 9th, 2009
A man has been awarded £1.4 million in compensation after suffering a stroke following his wrongful imprisonment for murder.
Ellis Sherwood had spent 11 years in jail after being convicted of murdering a Cardiff newsagent in 1988.
The compensation was awarded to him by the Home Office after it was proven in court that his stroke was a direct result of the drug abuse he took part in during his time in prison, reports the South Wales Echo.
Mr Sherwood has previously been given compensation by the South Wales Police for the miscarriage of justice he suffered.
In October 2006 he received £200,000 from the police force after his conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal.
Last week, the Lowestoft Journal reported that Suffolk Constabulary have paid out almost £600,000 in compensation claims against them in the past five years.
The claims included cases of wrongful arrest, physical injury and damage to property.
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March 10th, 2009
A man who fell 14 feet off a ladder has secured compensation after he was forced to retire.
Jeffery Phillips, 59, had worked at Gunstones Bakery in Dronfield for 11 years when he was asked to clean the top of a divider machine in preparation for a customer visit in 2006, the Sheffield Telegraph reports.
However, the ladder he was using to reach the top of the machine slipped and Mr Phillips fell to the floor, breaking his hip, fracturing his elbow and hurting his hand.
He needed a hip replacement and was forced to give up work.
Mr Phillips took legal action against Gunstones Bakery, which admitted liability and agreed to an out-of-court settlement of £80,000.
"I decided to pursue compensation because I wanted the company to take full responsibility for the accident," the victim said.
He added that he had never received training in the use of ladders and would not want a similar fate to happen to anyone else for the same reason.
According to the Health and Safety Executive, ladders accounted for the greatest number of major injuries to employees due to both high falls (40 per cent) and low falls (28 per cent) in 2007-08.
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