November 2nd, 2009
An actress has won almost €72,000 (£65,000) in compensation after she sued an English car rental firm and the driver of a car which crashed into her vehicle.
As well as acting on Irish TV show Steve and Sarah, Charlene Gleeson, 26, was a champion dancer before the accident occured.
She was awarded compensation of €71,993 after a car crash five years ago left her with back pain that meant she could no longer compete at the same dancing level.
Her car had been hit in the rear by Kamal Buonovana of Coventry, an accident that was serious enough to leave Ms Gleeson with soft-tissue damage to her hip, lower back and neck.
This meant that she could no longer train properly for dancing competitions and she also had to pull out of TV show Love is the Drug.
Johnson and Perrot, which was trading as Avis Rent a Car, will also have to pay compensations for its part in the incident.
Ms Gleeson has recently been cast in Easter Sixteen, a film about the 1916 Irish Uprising, that will also star Gary Oldman and Guy Pearce.
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August 28th, 2008
A man who has been diagnosed with mesothelioma is involved in a legal battle to secure compensation.
John Mullen is seeking ex-colleagues from Insulation & Partitions – a firm which is no longer in operation – in an effort to make its former liability insurers pay out.
The 61-year-old claims he was exposed to the harmful insulating material asbestos during an 18-month stint at the organisation, the Coventry Telegraph reports.
According to the Mr Mullens, he was involved in cutting and drilling sheets of the substance on a daily basis when he worked for the business from the age of 17.
He stated: "Nobody said anything about health and safety. We were not warned and there were other young lads – about 15 of them – who worked with me [who] will have the same condition as me."
A type of cancer, mesothelioma affects the cells that cover the outer surface of bodily organs.
Tags: Amp, Asbestos, Bodily Organs, Cancer Cells, Cancer Mesothelioma, Colleagues, Coventry, Daily Basis, Health And Safety, Insulating Material, Insulation, John Mullen, Liability Insurers, Mullens, Outer Surface, Stint, Telegraph, Type Of Cancer, Young Lads
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August 22nd, 2008
A man has won the right to take legal action against a hospital he accuses of medical negligence.
Jonathon Khairule suffers from cerebral palsy, a physical condition that affects movement.
He is wheelchair-bound and communicates by typing on a keyboard with his nose, the Coventry Telegraph reports.
Recently, the 27-year-old secured the right to bring a birth injury claim against the North West Strategic Health Authority, despite the fact that he did not take legal action within the normal time limit set in such cases.
He stated: "It wasn’t until I was in my early 20s that I started to do some investigating. I did not know if I would be able to claim compensation, I just wanted answers."
In July, the high court ruled Mr Khairule’s claim could proceed and he is now free to take action against the health authority.
Tags: Action Man, Birth Injury, Cerebral Palsy, Coventry, Keyboard, Medical Negligence, Strategic Health Authority, Telegraph, Time Limit, Wheelchair
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June 11th, 2008
A Warwickshire hospital has been named and shamed as having the highest number of deaths linked to the superbug Clostridium (C) difficile.
Figures from the Office of National Statistics show that between 2002 and 2006, a total of 235 people died as a result of infections related to the superbug at George Eliot hospital in Nuneaton, report the Guardian.
Over that period, there were 6,486 deaths related to C difficile, including 233 at Walsgrave hospital in Coventry, 203 at the Royal Infirmary in Leicester and 177 at Birmingham Heartlands hospital in the West Midlands.
Meanwhile, there were 94 deaths caused by MRSA at Derriford hospital in Plymouth.
Graham Turner of the National Concern for Healthcare Infections (NCHI) group said the figures had been underestimated by at least one third.
"It should be remembered that these figures are about real people and our sympathies go out to their families," he said.
NCHI was formed by a group of individuals in response to growing concerns about the safety of patients in UK hospital and the risks posed by healthcare associated infections.
Tags: Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Clostridium Difficile, Coventry, Deaths, George Eliot, George Eliot Hospital, Graham Turner, Guardian, Hospitals, Leicester, Mrsa, National Concern, Office Of National Statistics, Plymouth, Quot, Real People, Royal Infirmary, Sympathies, Warwickshire, West Midlands
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