Pages On: Spine & Back Injuries

Girl awarded £6.65 million following tragic car crash

Posted: 4 April 2016

Posted in: Car Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents, Spine & Back Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death

A young girl who was left disabled following a car crash in 2002 has been awarded £6.65 million in compensation. The child, one of four siblings, was travelling in a car driven by her mother when the accident took place. Tragically, her eldest sibling was killed and another sustained a brain injury. The other child was left with serious orthopaedic problems, and the claimant was left paraplegic due to severe and complete spinal cord injuries. At the time of the accident the claimant was a child. In fighting for her case, her lawyers considered…

Man paralyses friend whilst drunk driving

Posted: 7 March 2016

Posted in: Car Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents, Spine & Back Injuries

A drunk driver, whose car went out of control in bad weather conditions and plunged down a gorge paralysing his friend, has been found guilty of dangerous driving. Robert Buzalski, Krysztof Birula and one other man were driving towards Edzell on 24 August 2013 when the crash took place on a farm road from Cornes Cottage to Dalbog Farm, near Edzell. Buzalski had been drinking vodka liqueur and was found to be driving with 124 miligrammes of alcohol against a legal limit of 80. Paralysed from the neck down since The 36-year-old of…

Blind man wins claim following paralysing fall

Posted: 30 August 2015

Posted in: Personal Injury, Spine & Back Injuries

A man from County Down in Northern Ireland has sued his friends after falling from a window in their home in 2010. 39-year-old Mark Pollock was left paralysed after the 25ft fall, making him wheelchair-bound and dependent on external care. He became blind at the age of 22, and blamed his friends for having left the window open considering his lack of eyesight. Enda and Madeline Cahill rejected all accountability following the fall. The judge at the High Court in London, however, ruled that the open window did pose an…

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…

Military honours for 21-year-old who saved colleagues despite back injury

Posted: 6 October 2013

Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad, Armed Forces Injuries, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries

21-year-old Ben Taylor from Shropshire has been awarded a military honour after he risked his life in Afghanistan to save his colleagues. The young roofer and army reservist had originally joined the army because he “fancied a challenge”, which was achieved when he battled for 40 minutes with a severe back injury to rescue his colleagues from an upturned vehicle that was submerged in a canal. The vehicle accident occurred during his first operational visit to Afghanistan, as he became a top cover gunner in a Mastiff armoured vehicle with the…

Network Rail to be sentenced after worker death

Posted: 11 September 2013

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Head and Brain Injuries, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death

Network Rail has pleaded guilty to a health and safety breach after 64-year-old Malcolm Slater died while repairing power lines. Mr. Slater had been working on the line between Norwich and London in 2008 when he fell 15ft (4.5m) onto the tracks below. The court heard that Network Rail had failed to provide workers with safe equipment, as previous overloading had weakened the hoist that they were using. Network Rail had already admitted to similar failures in past hearings, as the equipment provided for lifting their employees was unsafe.   The court heard…

Halifax worker left disabled by crush injuries

Posted: 19 February 2013

Posted in: Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A West Yorkshire firm has been sentenced for serious safety failings after a worker was left with life-threatening injuries when a 6.5 tonnes steel beam toppled onto his back. The weight of the beam crushed his spine and torso, leaving him with irreversible spinal and nerve damage. The worker was in hospital for five months. Although he regained some movement in his legs, he is largely confined to a wheelchair, still needs intensive therapy and is unlikely to be able to work again. The company pleaded guilty to breaching Section…

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.…

Spinal Injury Compensation

Posted in: Personal Injury, Spine & Back Injuries

Spinal injuries have the potential to be one of most serious types of injury possible and often have life-changing consequences to both individuals and their families. A spinal injury can affect any part of the body and can result in permanent disability or other mobility issues. If you have suffered from a spinal injury it is advisable that you contact Personal Injury Claims Bradford to discuss your injury and determine whether or not you are entitled to compensation. Spinal injuries most commonly arise as the result of a road traffic…