January 29th, 2009
A man who injured himself after falling from a ladder at work has secured a compensation settlement of £118,500.
The individual, who has not been named, was working for Portchester Plastics Decorators as a painter and decorator in Brighton at the time of the accident.
Although a scaffolding tower had been provided, the employee believed it to be unsafe and instead used a stepladder to reach high areas that he needed to paint.
However, he fell ten feet from the ladder and suffered a fractured leg, an injury which has left him reliant on a mobility scooter to leave the house. He has also undergone numerous operations.
The victim sought legal action and has now secured the payout, which his legal representative said should help to alleviate the "severe disruption and stress" the injury caused.
Under the Work at Height Regulations 2005, every employer should make sure that work is not carried out at height when it can be successfully carried out at ground level.
Where work at height is carried out, employers are legally obliged to take adequate steps to prevent falls.
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September 18th, 2008
A widow has issued a high court writ against an NHS trust following the death of her husband.
Yolanda Arnold from Brighton launched the legal action against the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust – which claims to treat over half a million patients a year – following Albert Hodge’s death in 2005.
Mr Arnold, 38, had become ill with an eye inflammation in February 2004 and was treated; however, he contracted chickenpox in August 2005, the Argus reports.
He was admitted to and discharged from hospital, but continued to suffer pains in his chest and stomach and began to cough up blood.
Although he was later readmitted to hospital, Mr Arnold had developed blood clots and renal failure and died on August 28th.
Mrs Arnold claims that the hospital should have realised his immune system had been weakened by steroids prescribed for the eye inflammation and was therefore negligent in that it did not provide anti-viral drugs.
The high court writ is for compensation of up to £300,000, which Mrs Arnold claims should be paid by the trust because it previously admitted a breach of duty.
A spokesperson for the NHS declined to comment.
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