October 27th, 2009
Compensation is to be paid to a family who sustained agonising burns after swimming in a hotel pool while on holiday.
Susan Austin and her partner Lee Sanders from Essex were among 33 Britons who suffered a reaction to chemicals in the pool at the Mitsis Roda Beach Hotel in Corfu, the Essex Echo reports.
They were left in so much pain that they could not put their clothes on over the broken skin. However, the hotel staff continued to put chemicals in the pool on a daily basis, even though many guests had already sustained burns.
After the holiday, 42 travellers took legal action against Thomas Cook for the pain they were caused.
They have now won their claim and are to receive an undisclosed sum in compensation from the tour operator.
Last month, the Daily Mail reported that £52,000 had been awarded to a child who suffered an electric shock in a hotel shower while on holiday in Kenya.
Tags: Beach Hotel, Britons, Broken Skin, Burns, Corfu, Daily Basis, Daily Mail, Electric Shock, Essex, Hotel Pool, Hotel Staff, Lee Sanders, Mitsis Roda Beach, Partner Lee, Susan Austin, Thomas Cook, Tour Operator, Travellers, Undisclosed Sum
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August 27th, 2009
An NHS trust has awarded compensation to a family whose baby died after its mother was sent to a hospital 12 miles away from the one she had been advised to use.
Andrea Harrison, 35, contacted her midwife in May 2004 and was told that the baby’s heartbeat was too high, the Northern Echo reports.
She was sent to Bishop Auckland Hospital, but upon arrival, found out that it did not have emergency facilities to deal with Caesarean sections.
The patient was redirected to Darlington Memorial Hospital in the family car since no ambulance was available, but once baby Olivia was delivered there, she had died.
Ms Harrison took legal action against County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, claiming that she should never have been sent to the first hospital and that staff had been negligent in their treatment.
The trust has now admitted liability and agreed to an undisclosed sum in compensation.
Birth injuries and problems with delivery often point to failures in properly assessing the condition of the mother. Anyone who suffers as a result of such clinical negligence may be able to make a compensation claim and should contact a solicitor.
Tags: Ambulance, Andrea Harrison, Baby Heartbeat, Baby S Heartbeat, Birth Injuries, Bishop Auckland Hospital, Caesarean Sections, Clinical Negligence, Compensation Claim, County Durham, Darlington Memorial Hospital, Emergency Facilities, Foundation Trust, Midwife, Nhs Trust, Northern Echo, Olivia, Solicitor, Trust Awards, Undisclosed Sum
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July 27th, 2009
A woman who claims she was left butchered after undergoing cosmetic surgery has been awarded compensation.
Beverly Binks, 43, went to a surgeon at Newcastle’s Transform Medical Group in March 2005 for an eye and jaw lift, the Daily Mail reports.
However, too much skin was removed from underneath her left eye and it could not connect properly with the eyeball.
The clinic offered her two more procedures to correct the damage done, but Ms Binks claims that they were just as bad.
She remarked: "The cosmetic surgery has ruined my life and has left me looking a complete mess. I have been suicidal and my 25-year marriage nearly ended because of how depressed I have become."
Ms Binks took legal action against Transform Medical Group and has now been awarded an undisclosed sum in compensation for her ordeal.
In order for a clinical negligence claim against a plastic surgeon to be successful, a solicitor must establish that he or she breached a duty of care agreement between him or her and the patient.
Since there were no formal qualification checks on cosmetic surgeons prior to April 2002, it may be easier to prove negligence in these cases than in other medical fields.
Tags: Binks, Checks, Clinical Negligence, Cosmetic Surgeons, Cosmetic Surgery, Daily Mail, Duty Of Care, Eyeball, Formal Qualification, Left Eye, Marriage, Medical Fields, Medical Group, Negligence Claim, Newcastle, Ordeal, Plastic Surgeon, Solicitor, Undisclosed Sum, Woman
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May 27th, 2009
The family of a man who died after falling 23 metres at work have secured a compensation payout from his former employers.
The unnamed employee was working on a building site for Rafaco SA and Lentjes UK when the accident occurred.
He slipped from the platform of an industrial boiler and fell to the ground below, suffering fatal injuries.
The victim’s widow took legal action against the two firms after they were prosecuted under health and safety regulations.
"For many my husband’s death is just another statistic. For me, it is an irreversible tragedy that has changed my life forever," she commented.
The companies agreed to pay the deceased man’s family an undisclosed sum of compensation as a result of their loss.
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, Deceased Man, Family Man, Fatal Injuries, Health And Safety, Industrial Boiler, Safety Regulations, Statistic, Tragedy, Undisclosed Sum, Working On A Building
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