September 11th, 2009
A woman from Salisbury is to make a compensation claim after tripping on an uneven pavement and breaking a bone in her foot.
Janet Street, 62, told the Salisbury Journal the incident happened because of a drop of one inch in the level of the pavement in Albany Road.
She claimed that the pavement in the area is in a "very bad way".
"My foot is in plaster and I will not be able to work for the next four to six weeks," Mrs Street added.
The sheltered housing worker is now planning to make a compensation claim and has taken photographs of the pavement where the incident occurred to use as evidence.
A recent series of Freedom of Information requests by the Liberal Democrats revealed the extent of the problem of poorly-maintained pavements in England.
The requests revealed that local authorities paid out £82 million to settle compensation claims related to injuries caused by uneven pavements between 2004 and 2009.
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August 18th, 2009
A former head teacher has won his fight for compensation against a local council after being injured in a cliff fall.
David Howard-Jones was the head of Ogwen Cottage Outdoor Pursuits Centre in Snowdonia, but fell off a cliff and into the sea in July 2004, the Birmingham Mail reports.
He suffered hearing loss and damage to his vision, as well as orthopaedic problems and a snapped cruciate ligament.
Mr Howard-Jones was forced to take early retirement in 2005 and launched a compensation claim against the local council.
Although it initially denied liability and said the victim had been negligent because he walked too close to the cliff’s edge, Mr Howard-Jones has now won an appeal against the verdict.
A spokesperson for the council said it will now decide how much compensation to offer.
Natural England is currently lobbying parliament for the adoption of the Marine and Coastal Access Bill, which would allow open access to all of Britain’s coasts, the Ecologist attests.
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July 21st, 2009
A family whose little girl was abducted and abused by a known paedophile is to receive compensation from South Wales Police for its handling of the case.
The three-year-old, known only as Child A, was taken out of her bath by serial sex offender Craig Sweeney, 24.
He took the child away to his house and sexually assaulted her there, before driving her across the Severn Bridge to England, stopping twice to abuse her again.
It was only when Wiltshire Police saw him driving through a red light without his headlights on that he was apprehended and Child A was recovered.
The child’s family took legal action against South Wales Police, claiming that the abduction could have been prevented – Sweeney’s prison license had expired two days beforehand.
It admitted liability and the family has now been awarded compensation of between £50,000 and £150,000.
"We are pleased that South Wales Police have recognised that they failed our daughter and that she should be compensated for that failure," said the child’s father.
According to civil rights organisation Liberty, anyone who can show that their rights under the Human Rights Act 1998 were interfered with may be eligible for compensation and should seek the advice of a solicitor.
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February 25th, 2009
A man who was employed as a haulage contractor is suing a company which he claims was negligent and was responsible for his paralysis after an injury at work.
John Edmonds, now 61, was instructed by the Imagination Group to go to a motor show in Spain in 2006 in order to oversee the return of nine lorries to England, the Norfolk Eastern Daily Press reports.
However, when he went to check the loads of the vehicles, he found that the goods had not been strapped on properly.
He climbed up the side of one of the lorries, but when he reached for a piece of rigging, it came away in his hand and he fell to the floor.
Mr Edmonds suffered a spinal injury which left him paralysed and he is now entirely dependent on the care of others.
He is suing the Imagination Group – a communications agency with offices on four continents – for compensation exceeding £300,000 in order to pay for his long-term care.
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November 13th, 2008
A woman has been awarded compensation after continuing to fight a case that her late husband had begun.
John Warnes, 70, died in 2005 from the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma, the Norwich Evening News reports.
Prior to his death, he had begun legal proceedings against the Norwich Co-Operative Society – which later became the East of England Co-Operative Society – claiming that he had been exposed to asbestos while working at its premises between 1958 and 1961.
Mr Warnes alleged that he had not been given protective clothing or any warning that there would be danger from the deadly particles.
After becoming seriously ill, he asked his wife Anne, 73, to continue the legal action.
"He told me he wanted for me to carry on with the case, right through to the end to help raise awareness about what had happened to him," she commented.
In a new development, Ms Warnes has been awarded £80,000 in compensation from East of England Co-Operative Society in an out-of-court settlement.
The firm declined to comment on the case.
If a person can prove they were exposed to asbestos at their place of work, they may be able to make a claim for compensation as a result.
In the UK a personal injury compensation claim for an asbestos-related disease or asbestos-related illness has to be started within three years of the date a person is informed of their condition by an appropriately qualified doctor.
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