March 15th, 2010
Pyers recently r
epresented a claimant who was employed in a children’s nursery. She suffered an accident whilst required to use a ladder in order to gain access to reset a defective electrical consumer unit. The ladder slipped and the claimant fell some distance suffering multiple minor injuries.
Liability and the value of the personal injury claim were both disputed by the employer’s insurers who maintained that the claimant was the author of her own misfortune.
We successfully argued breaches of Health and Safety regulations and the claimant received compensation of £5,400.
Tags: Breaches, Claimant, Health And Safety, Ladder Fall, Minor Injuries, Misfortune, Personal Injury Claim, Safety Regulations, Wins, Woman
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October 28th, 2009
A woman who was injured after being knocked over by a dog in a hotel car park has been awarded damages of £17,000.
Violet Mullock, 69, had been waiting for a lift home after attending a function at the Elms Hotel and restaurant near Chester in 2003.
However, as she stood in the dark, the barman’s dog ran towards her and knocked her off her feet.
Ms Mullock had to have surgery on her knee and also badly hurt her elbow. She took legal action against the hotel’s owner Thomas Price and has been awarded compensation of £17,500 following a recent hearing.
Mr Price has now applied to the Financial Services Authority in order to cover the payout after being let down by his insurance company.
Anyone who is injured after a fall in a public place may be eligible for compensation and should seek the advice of a solicitor specialising in personal injury claims.
Tags: Barman, Damages, Dog Park, Elbow, Elms Hotel, Financial Services Authority, Hotel Car Park, Hotel Restaurant, Insurance, Insurance Company, Mullock, Owner Thomas, Pensioner, Personal Injury Claims, Solicitor Specialising, Thomas Price, Violet, Woman
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October 22nd, 2009
A woman has been awarded compensation of £300,000 after her husband died from the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma.
Michael Streets left school in 1963 and got a job as an apprentice oil fitter at Fawley Refinery, the Southern Daily Echo reports.
Although he left the company in 1975, Mr Streets said he recalled there being no safety measures in place to protect employees against the danger of asbestos. In fact, he said in a statement before he died that workers used to have ’snowball’ fights with the fibres and that the air was thick with deadly dust.
Mr Streets contracted mesothelioma and died in December 2007. His widow Francis took legal action against the Esso Petroleum Company and it recently admitted liability.
She is to be awarded £300,000 in compensation for her loss.
Asbestos-related cancers typically affect five times as many men as women because they are often the result of working in industries that used the materials in the 1960s, Cancer Research UK attests.
Tags: 1960s, Apprentice, Asbestos Cancer, Asbestos Mesothelioma, Cancer Mesothelioma, Cancer Research Uk, Cancers, Deadly Dust, Fibres, Fitter, Job, Many Men, Petroleum Company, Refinery, Safety Measures, Snowball Fights, Southern Daily Echo, Woman
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October 21st, 2009
A woman is taking legal action against a surgeon who she says ruined her life after what should have been a routine operation.
Vivienne Edwards went into the Whittington Hospital in London in September 2006 for a procedure to correct her lower back pain.
Dr Dhinh Nguyen said he could scrape away some bone and leave the patient pain-free.
However, when Ms Edwards awoke, she had severe bowel and bladder problems, nerve damage, clawed feet and numbness in her arms and legs, the London Evening Standard reports.
She realised that Dr Nguyen must have severed a nerve, but he denied that the problems had been caused by the operation.
The patient decided to sue the surgeon and Whittington Hospitals NHS Trust for clinical negligence four months ago and her solicitors believe that she could receive as much as £500,000 in compensation after complaints emerged from other patients.
"I’ve become very solitary. My life revolves around hospitals. It’s horrible. I’m only 60," Ms Edwards commented.
For clinical negligence claims to be successful, solicitors must prove that a duty of care existed between the patient and the medical professional and that he or she breached this.
Tags: Arms And Legs, Bladder Problems, Clinical Negligence, Duty Of Care, Four Months, Hospitals Nhs Trust, London Evening Standard, Lower Back Pain, Ms Edwards, Nerve Damage, Nguyen, Numbness, Patient Pain, Routine Operation, Solicitors, Whittington Hospital, Woman
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October 20th, 2009
A care home in Flintshire has been ordered to pay compensation to a woman who fractured her hip after falling from a care home bed.
Ellen Clewarth, 92, became entangled in her bed railings at Aston Hall Care Home in February and sustained a fractured hip after falling to the floor.
An investigation by health and safety officers found that the resident had a history of trying to get out of bed and that these railings should not have been used.
It was also found that staff had no training in using the railings to keep residents safe.
Aston Hall Care Home was ordered to pay a fine of £6,000 as well as £4,200 in compensation to Ms Clewarth. She had to undergo surgery but has now recovered and is in another care home.
Residential homes must adhere to the same safety regulations as other medical organisations such as hospitals. Where this is not the case, victims may be eligible to seek compensation for clinical negligence and should seek the advice of a solicitor.
Tags: Care Homes, Clinical Negligence, Ellen, Fractured Hip, Health And Safety, Hospitals, Medical Organisations, Railings, Residential Homes, Safety Officers, Safety Regulations, Solicitor, Woman
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