December 11th, 2008
A young boy who suffered brain damage after he was not treated for a heart condition is to receive a compensation payout.
Shoaib Dawlatshahi, then nearly three, was taken to the Lister Hospital in May 2002 suffering from a high fever and vomiting, the Comet reports.
However, doctors failed to notice his viral myocarditis – an inflammation of the heart muscle – and the child later suffered three heart attacks.
He was left with stroke-like symptoms, including brain damage and loss of movement in his right arm and leg.
Shoaib sued the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust through his father Naveed Dawlatshahi.
The trust has now admitted liability and has agreed to pay the child compensation which should run into millions of pounds, as it will cover his care for the rest of his life.
Compensation for brain injuries will usually be more substantial than that for other injuries, since it must cover care if the victim is unable to look after themselves.
Tags: Brain Damage, Brain Injuries, Comet, Doctors, Heart Attacks, Heart Condition, Heart Muscle, High Fever, Hospital Blunders, Inflammation Of The Heart, Lister Hospital, Naveed, Nhs Trust, North Hertfordshire, Right Arm, Stroke, Suffering From, Viral Myocarditis, Wins
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November 17th, 2008
A man who had to have his arm amputated following an accident in his workplace could be in line for a large compensation payout.
Cafer Sonmez, 55, was working at Kebabery Wholesale in 2004 when a meat mixing machine he was cleaning crushed his right arm, the Hackney Gazette reports.
The damage was so severe that he had to have the limb amputated.
In a new development, Judge Gareth Hawkesworth has now ruled that Mr Sonmez’s employers were 80 per cent to blame for the incident and that they should have taken more care to ensure that health and safety regulations were adhered to.
A claim for damages will now be assessed and ruled upon at a later date, if an out-of-court settlement is not reached in the meantime.
According to the Health and Safety Executive, six million working days were lost to injuries in 2007-08, with 299,000 reportable injuries occurring.
Tags: Accident Compensation, Court Settlement, Damages, Hackney Gazette, Hawkesworth, Health And Safety, Health And Safety Executive, Horrific Accident, Lost, Reportable Injuries, Right Arm, Safety Regulations, Sonmez, Wholesale, Worker Compensation
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October 28th, 2008
A man who was seriously injured in a car crash in 2004 has secured a compensation payout for his injuries.
Musavier Aqib Mubarek, 25, was a passenger in the vehicle being driven in Bacup, Lancashire, when the driver lost control and hit a lamp-post, the Lancashire Telegraph reports.
Mr Mubarek had to have his right arm amputated, which he said had seriously affected his quality of life.
"It has been difficult and a really testing time. When I am awake I am in constant pain and still suffer flashbacks from that night," he commented.
In a new development, the driver’s insurers have agreed to pay Mr Mubarek £500,000 in an out-of-court settlement.
A common misconception when it comes to claiming compensation after an accident is that a person who was in the car that caused the accident cannot make a claim for injuries suffered.
This is untrue, as long as the person making the claim was not the one behind the wheel at the time of the accident.
It is perfectly legitimate to claim against the driver, as it is their responsibility to drive safely.
Tags: Bacup, Car Accident, Car Crash, Claiming Compensation, Common Misconception, Court Settlement, Driven, Flashbacks, Lamp Post, Lancashire Telegraph, Life Quot, Quality Of Life, Right Arm, Testing Time, Wheel
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October 13th, 2008
A council has been issued with a heavy fine after a man was injured in a fall.
The unnamed man, a drama teacher, was managing a production at Lyric Theatre in Carmarthenshire when he fell down an open lift shaft.
A subsequent investigation found that the lift was defective, but that safety barriers had not been put in place to prevent use of the lift.
The victim suffered a shattered right arm and a fractured eye socket in the accident.
Carmarthenshire county council was fined £20,000 for all three breaches of health and safety regulations, as well as £5,000 for a breach of the Lifting Equipment Regulations.
It was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £15, and costs totaling £7,712.
HSE Inspector Clare Owen commented: "This was an obvious risk for a theatre space and the simple systems needed to prevent incidents such as these should have been in place."
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.
Tags: Adequate Steps, Breach, Breaches, Carmarthenshire, Drama Teacher, Fractured Eye Socket, Health And Safety, Lift Shaft, Lifting Equipment Regulations, Lyric Theatre, Right Arm, Risk, Safety Barriers, Safety Regulations, Subsequent Investigation, Theatre Space, Unnamed Man, Victim Surcharge
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October 10th, 2008
A woman has issued a high court writ on behalf of her son who was injured at birth.
Gillian Wick claims that, during a difficult delivery, staff at Heatherwood Hospital in Ascot pulled too hard on Jack Wicks’ head.
This, she alleges, caused Erb’s Palsy – paralysis of the arm caused by injury to the upper group of the arm’s main nerves.
Jack, now nine, has reduced motion in his right arm, making tasks such as getting dressed difficult, GetBracknell.co.uk reports.
He has already had to undergo major operations on his arm and is likely to need more treatment in the future.
Ms Wicks is claiming £300,000 on Jack’s behalf and the hospital has agreed to a breach of duty through "inappropriate traction", although the two sides are yet to agree upon how much compensation will be paid to Jack.
If an out of court settlement has not been reached soon, judges at the high court will make a decision as to the sum.
Tags: Ascot, Birth Injury, Breach Of Duty, Court Settlement, Delivery Staff, Gillian, Nerves, Paralysis, Right Arm, Wick, Wicks, Woman, Writ
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