November 3rd, 2009
A personal trainer who was left paralysed by a snowmobile accident is seeking £300,000 in damages.
Mother-of-two Emma Moore is bringing a claim against Hotelplan, which trades as Inghams Travel, over the incident which occurred at the Paradiso Passo Tonale resort in Italy in January 2007.
Mrs Moore, from Denton, Northamptonshire, was paralysed from the chest down after the brakes failed to work on her snowmobile and it careered off the slopes into a car park where it collided with the vehicles parked there, reports the Daily Telegraph.
She is seeking damages over her claims that she was given inadequate and brief training on how to operate the machine and was not shown how to operate the emergency stop button.
The holiday company has denied liability for the incident and said that any blame lies with Adriano Trantera, the snowmobile garage owner who gave her the training.
Last month, a 19-year-old extreme snowmobile rider, Darryl Tait, was left paralysed when he was hit in the back by his machine while attempting a stunt.
Tags: Adriano, Brakes, Car Park, Daily Telegraph, Damages, Emergency Stop Button, Emma, Garage Owner, Holiday Company, Hotelplan, Italy, Mrs Moore, Northamptonshire, Paradiso, Personal Trainer, Slopes, Snowmobile Accident, Snowmobile Rider, Tait
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October 26th, 2009
A paperboy who suffered a brain injury after being hit by a lorry has been told he is entitled to compensation.
Joshua Smith had applied for the position at the Co-op in Staffordshire just after his 13th birthday in 2005, the Staffordshire Sentinel reports.
However, days after beginning the job, he was hit by a vehicle being driven by Mark Hammond.
The victim suffered a fractured pelvis, an open head wound, a ruptured kidney, bruised lungs, cuts and bruises and a brain injury.
He now has short-term memory problems and is likely to need care later in life.
This week, a judge deemed that Mr Hammond was partly responsible for the accident as his brakes were faulty.
The amount of compensation Joshua will be entitled to is to be decided at a later date.
According to the Department for Transport, there were 28,572 people killed or seriously injured on Britain’s roads in 2008.
Tags: 13th Birthday, Brain Injury, Brakes, Cuts And Bruises, Fractured Pelvis, Job, Joshua Smith, Kidney, Lorry, Lungs, Mark Hammond, Mr Hammond, Paperboy, Short Term Memory, Short Term Memory Problems, Staffordshire Sentinel
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July 29th, 2009
A young mechanic is seeking compensation after his arm was almost severed in an accident involving a forklift truck.
Martyn Coope, then 17, was working at William West Distribution in West Hallam and had been asked to load biscuits onto a trailer.
He had never been trained to operate a forklift and he had previously told his supervisors that the brakes were faulty.
As he attempted to drive it, the brakes failed and he crashed into a lorry trailer, trapping his right arm.
Surgeons initially feared that Mr Coope would have to have it amputated, but it was eventually saved through skin grafts and metal pins.
The victim is now seeking compensation after William West Distribution admitted failings in health and safety measures.
"These practices were potentially lethal. It was only by good luck that the accident was not more debilitating or fatal," said Judge John Stobart.
According to the Health and Safety Executive, forklift trucks account for approximately one-quarter of all workplace transport major injuries to employees every year.
Tags: Biscuits, Brakes, Forklift Truck, Forklift Trucks, Good Luck, Health And Safety, Health And Safety Executive, Judge John, Mechanic, Metal Pins, Right Arm, Safety Measures, Skin Grafts, West Hallam, Worker Compensation, Workplace Transport
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March 13th, 2009
Damages have been awarded to a man who worked as a hospital orderly after he was injured while disposing of clinical waste.
John Kitching from Barnsley had to have seven weeks off work following the incident in 2007, the Sheffield Telegraph attests.
He claimed that Barnsley Hospital had been warned by the trade union GMB before about the safety of the waste bins, which did not have brakes and moved when items were put into them.
"I decided to pursue compensation because I wanted the hospital to finally resolve this health and safety hazard, otherwise more people would be injured in the future," Mr Kitching remarked.
Barnsley Hospitals NHS Trust has now admitted liability and has agreed to an out-of-court settlement of £4,000 for the pain Mr Kitching was caused.
Figures from the Health and Safety Executive show that sickness absence among staff costs the NHS £1 billion a year.
Tags: 1 Billion, Barnsley, Brakes, Court Settlement, Damages, Gmb, Health And Safety, Health And Safety Executive, Hospitals Nhs Trust, John Kitching, Safety Hazard, Seven Weeks, Sheffield Telegraph, Shoulder Injury, Sickness Absence, Staff Costs, Waste Bins
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March 3rd, 2009
A woman who had worked as a nurse for 20 years but was forced to retire after sustaining an injury at work has been told she will receive £45,000 from the NHS trust responsible for the hospital where she was employed.
Jacqueline Crowe, 46, worked at South Moor Hospital, in Stanley, County Durham, north-east newspaper the Chronicle attests.
She was making beds one day when one of the brakes failed to release. She pulled the bed towards her, but jarred her neck and back badly.
Ms Crowe claimed that she suffers from depression as a result of her injuries and sought legal action against Durham and Darlington Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
In a new development, it has been ruled that the bed brake was faulty and that the trust should have repaired it.
As a result, Ms Crowe will now receive £45,000 in compensation for the pain and suffering she has been caused.
According to figures from the Health and Safety Executive, sickness absence costs the NHS £1 billion a year.
Tags: 1 Billion, Acute Hospitals Nhs Trust, Beds, Brakes, County Durham, Darlington, Depression, Health And Safety, Health And Safety Executive, Hospitals Nhs Trust, Jacqueline, Nurse, Pain And Suffering, Sickness Absence, South Moor, Stanley County, Woman
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