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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February 4th, 2009
A former contestant of the television programme the Apprentice is suing a recycling company after he was injured by one of its lorries.
Nicholas De Lacy-Brown was walking in London when a lorry being driven by Sylwester Wierzbowski for TGM Environmental reversed close to him and hit a wall.
The wall then collapsed onto Mr De Lacy-Brown, breaking his right leg and pinning him down.
He has now launched a compensation claim against the firm and the driver and is seeking between £50,000 and £100,000 for the pain and loss of earnings.
TGM Environmental and Mr Wierzbowski have both admitted liability.
Graeme Coombs, managing director of the company, said: "We never set out in business to do anyone any harm and the fact we did in this instance is truly regrettable."
If a person wishes to make a claim for personal injury, they must do so within three years of the incident in accordance with the legal requirements.
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August 14th, 2008
A coroner has issued a warning to parents to stress the dangers of playing in dangerous environments after a young boy was killed in Wales.
Jordan Widdall-Hughes, aged 10, died after falling off a lorry which he had grabbed onto as it passed him in the street.
The boy and his friends had been so-called ‘lorry-surfing’, a craze among some young people which sees them using their mobile phones to film themselves jumping onto lorries and posting the clips on YouTube.
However, Jordan fell as the lorry accelerated and hit his head. He died later in hospital.
Newport coroner David Bowen said: "I hope the parents of youngsters who read this stress to their children that jumping on moving vehicles is an unacceptable, very dangerous and potentially fatal habit."
Roger Vincent, spokesman for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents told the BBC that parents should talk to their children about possible risks during the summer holidays in order to avoid further tragedies. 
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July 21st, 2008
One-third of all foreign lorries driving around the UK do not meet British roadworthiness standards, it has been claimed.
According to car insurer LV=, one in every seven lorries on UK roads is from overseas (an increase of 33 per cent since 2001) and is expected to increase by a further 18 per cent in the next five years.
Most of the accidents involving lorries occur on motorways and are often as a result of left-hand drive heavy goods vehicles (HGV) with a blind spot on the right.
John O’Roarke, managing director of the LV= general insurance, commented: "Not only is being involved in an accident with a lorry frightening but it can also be very costly and time consuming, as your insurer may have trouble tracing and communicating with the insurer of the vehicle."
A crash involving several HGVs recently caused "mayhem" on the M1, reports Harborough Mail.
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