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60-year-old forced into redundancy following accident at work

Posted: 1 May 2016

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Knee Injury, Leg Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A 60-year-old warehouse operative, who has remained unnamed, was forced into redundancy following a preventable accident at work. The worker had just started his shift and was walking through the warehouse, when a fork-lift truck backed out of an alley and knocked him over. The fork-lift drove over his right leg, breaking it and causing substantial damage to his knee. He was rushed to hospital where he had to undergo surgery. He soon started to experience pain in his left leg, meaning he could only walk with crutches – a situation that…

£75K fine for shopping centre after man loses big toe

Posted: 31 December 2015

Posted in: Foot Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Shop Accidents

After a man lost his big toe on a shopping centre’s escalator, the centre’s management agent has been fined £75,000. 27-year-old Michael Reddington had been shopping at the West End Arcade in Nottingham when a missing part of the escalator allowed him to get his foot trapped between two steps. It was heard that he had been picking up his dropped phone when he stepped onto the escalator, resulting in his oblivious foot placement. When the escalator reached the top, his foot was trapped, resulting in severe personal injury. The…

£105,000 to cyclist injured by speeding car

Posted: 28 December 2015

Posted in: Bicycle Accidents, Leg Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents

After spending four months in a wheelchair, an injured cyclist has been awarded £105K in compensation. The man, who remains unnamed, had been cycling on a roundabout near Corfe Mullen when a car, which was driving too fast, clipped his wheel. The 48-year-old spent 10 days in hospital and the next four months in a wheelchair due to the severity of his personal injuries. After the bicycle accident happened in May 2010, the driver’s insurance company offered a compensation package of £56,000. However, when his injuries continued to impact his…

Pensioner wins £1m compensation following car accident

Posted: 1 December 2015

Posted in: Car Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Leg Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents

A pensioner who was left brain damaged following a car accident has been awarded £1m in compensation. 71-year-old James Laurie was hit by a Volvo nearby his house three years ago whilst he was recovering from a stroke. The accident left him with two broken legs, a head injury and severe brain damage. Mr Laurie now suffers with lapses in his memory, concentration and motivation, as well as a sight problem. The brain injuries were so severe that he has been unable to leave care since the accident. Three years…

Woman leaves M&S with ‘horrific’ burns

Posted: 29 July 2015

Posted in: Arm Injury, Leg Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Shop Accidents

A 44-year-old woman from Welwyn Garden City has suffered ‘horrific’ burns after trying to buy tea in the Howard Centre’s Marks & Spencer café last week. Donna O’Neill had two pots of boiling water poured over her, resulting in serious burns to her legs and arms. She claims that the design of the café’s counter is highly dangerous, and has called for something to be done to prevent the accident from happening again. Miss O’Neill said that she does not blame the store’s junior staff for the incident, but said…

4 years for dangerous driver who killed schoolgirl

Posted: 21 April 2015

Posted in: Car Accidents, Leg Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death

Robert Blackwell, 19, from Hayway Lane, Bampton, Oxfordshire, has been given a 4-year jail sentence after admitting dangerous driving resulting in the death of schoolgirl, Liberty Baker, 14, on 30 June. Blackwell’s car mounted the pavement, killing Liberty and injuring 2 of her friends as they walked to school in Witney, Oxfordshire. Blackwell admitted causing death by dangerous driving and inflicting serious injury by dangerous driving, and admitted to having smoked cannabis on the day before taking to the road. The incident took place in Curbridge Road and also involved Paul Cracknell who…

Brothers issued suspended sentence for dog attack

Posted: 23 March 2015

Posted in: Animal Attacks, Arm Injury, Leg Injuries

Two brothers have been issued suspended jail sentences after their dogs attacked a woman and bit her more than 60 times. Teresa Stinton was attacked by the dogs in Leominster, Herefordshire in June 2014 while out walking. The owners of the dogs – 27-year-old Kenneth Stutchberry, and brother, 22-year-old Andrew Stutchberry – both pleaded guilty to owning dangerously out of control dogs that caused injury. Both men have been banned from keeping dogs for the rest of their lives. In a statement made at Hereford Crown Court, the attack victim…

Laundry firm fined over worker spinal injury

Posted: 19 November 2014

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Faulty Work Equipment, Leg Injuries, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A Telford-based laundry firm has been fined £8,000 after a worker suffered “serious injuries” from the machinery. 19-year-old Matthew Brown had been working at the Cleantex Ltd launderette when the accident happened. He had been retrieving clothing from one of the industrial machines when he became trapped, leaving him with serious leg and spinal injuries. Following the accident Mr Brown required emergency surgery on the 22nd October 2013. It was heard in court that he thought that the machine had stopped moving when he entered it to remove the clothing, but…

Police officer attacked by dog

Posted: 24 August 2014

Posted in: Animal Attacks, Leg Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A dog is to be destroyed after it attacked a police officer during a criminal investigation. The Staffordshire Bull Terrier/Shar Pei cross, called Dodger, lunged and bit the officer on both legs, causing serious injury. Despite a 100-signature “save the dog” petition, the dog is to be destroyed. The owner of Dodger, 55-year-old Julie Cooper, has been ordered to pay £800 compensation to the injured police officer after pleading guilty to owning a dog that was dangerously out of control and caused injury. Magistrates ordered the dog to be destroyed, with…

Error costs health trust £1.2million and a man to lose his leg

Posted: 18 July 2014

Posted in: Leg Injuries, Medical Negligence, Road Traffic Accidents

A healthcare trust has been billed over £1million after a former patient sued over the loss of his leg. Following a relentless legal battle, Edward Appleby has won a six-figure settlement over the treatment he received at North Devon District Hospital in 2005, which he blames for the loss of his leg. Even though Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has not admitted liability for negligence, they apologised for having incomplete documentation on his care following a road traffic accident. It was heard that the hospital failed to find the majority of his medical…

How is war veteran limb-loss compensation calculated?

Posted: 4 June 2014

Posted in: Arm Injury, Armed Forces Injuries, Leg Injuries, Workplace Injuries

The UK currently provides medical care, physical therapy and the necessary prosthetics for military servicemen injured in the line of duty. The UK, and the US, also provides compensation to veterans who have lost a limb; however, the question is frequently asked, how are these compensation rates determined? Meagan Lutz, a public affairs specialist with the Veteran’s Administration, said that it is a difficult and complicated sum to calculate, as all personal injuries affect people differently. However, the general premise is that compensation is based on an estimated average of how much…

Police officer receives compensation for dog attack

Posted: 31 March 2014

Posted in: Animal Attacks, Foot Injuries, Workplace Injuries, Workplace Slip

A Sussex police officer has been awarded compensation after a dog bit him while on duty. Figures were recently released as part of a Freedom of Information Act request, which detailed the claims made by Sussex Police over the last three years. Alongside the dog bite, another officer received compensation for slipping on a wet floor, and a third officer contracted hepatitis A. One officer was awarded with compensation for a bullet-casing burn, receiving £500 compensation after the claim was settled out of court. The incident happened in Gatwick in January of…

Businessman's safety failures led to worker's injury

Posted: 3 April 2013

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Leg Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A South London businessman and his company have been prosecuted for safety breaches after a worker narrowly escaped being crushed by a collapsing load of stone slabs. The two-tonne set of ten slabs fell from the side of a lorry as workmen were trying to unload them at a workshop. Employee Radoslaw Samson was on the trailer with a colleague having removed the packaging supporting the slabs so each could be removed individually by a forklift truck. As he altered a clamp at the end of a lifting arm attached…

Steel firm sentenced for safety failings after worker injured

Posted: 24 January 2013

Posted in: Foot Injuries, Leg Injuries, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A Barnsley firm has admitted safety failings that led to one of its workers being struck on his back by a large steel girder. The employee narrowly escaped being crushed by the girder and instead was knocked to the floor when it hit him from behind. He suffered severe bruising and soft tissue damage to his foot and lower leg in the incident. Magistrates heard that the worker had brought two girders into the workshop and placed them on powered rollers at the start of a shotblasting and painting line.…

Leg Injury Compensation

Posted in: Leg Injuries, Personal Injury

If you have injured your leg in an accident that was not your fault, then you could be entitled to claim compensation against that responsible party. Compensation is awarded for leg injuries because the legs are vital parts of the body. The amount of compensation you can claim will depend on the seriousness of the leg injury. Whether your claim is for something minor such as bruising, muscle, ligament, and tendon damage or major injuries such as breakages and injuries requiring amputation. Typically, leg injury compensation will fall within the…