Bradford Personal Injury Blog

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

Posted: May 1, 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 […]

Teenager goes deaf and another dies from workplace carbon monoxide poisoning

Posted: April 25, 2016

Posted in: Employer Negligence Industrial Deafness and Disease Workplace Injuries Wrongful & Accidental Death 

A teenager has been robbed of his hearing in an accident at his place of work. The fast food worker also lost his friend and co-worker in the same incident. The two young men had been working at a South London carry-out food retailer when they were overcome with carbon monoxide fumes. They were found unconscious on the […]

Berkshire man receives £150,000 for life-changing workplace injuries

Posted: April 12, 2016

Posted in: Arm Injury Employer Negligence Workplace Injuries 

A Berkshire man in his 40s has been awarded £150,000 after sustaining life-changing injuries at his place of work. The man, a scaffolder, had been descending a 13-foot metal ladder to reach the ground from the first floor of the scaffolding when the ladder slipped. Work was being carried out on a block of flats in West […]

Girl awarded £6.65 million following tragic car crash

Posted: April 4, 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 […]

Food poisoning ruins holidaymaker’s health

Posted: March 22, 2016

Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad Food Poisoning 

Salmonella contracted by a holidaymaker in Gran Canaria has led to long term bowel problems prompting her to make a claim for compensation. 32-year-old Stacey Sewell from Warrington, contracted the illness while on holiday at the four star Hotel Rio Waikiki in Playa del Ingles in June 2008. The mother of 2 young boys, then aged […]

Plans to improve maternity care after 124,000 reported incidents

Posted: March 15, 2016

Posted in: Birth Injury Medical Negligence NHS Claims 

A report published by NHS England has called on staff in maternity units to learn from mistakes that have been identified by auditors, with a view to improving care provided in the units. It was found that over 124,000 reports of incidents in maternity units were submitted in 2015. The figures reveal an average of around 340 […]

Man paralyses friend whilst drunk driving

Posted: March 7, 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 […]

Ambulance crash injures several passengers

Posted: March 2, 2016

Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries Road Traffic Accidents 

A critically ill two-year-old and her mother have been injured when the ambulance transporting them to hospital left the M40 motorway and crashed down an embankment. The child was being rushed from Warwick Hospital to Horton Hospital in Banbury after suspicions were raised at Warwick that she was suffering from meningitis. Her family have stated that […]

Dental nurse carries out botched cosmetic operation

Posted: February 21, 2016

Posted in: Dental Negligence Medical Negligence Negligent Cosmetic Surgery 

The General Dental Council (GDC) have carried out a misconduct hearing against former dental nurse, 41-year-old Adele Royston, after it was discovered that she had carried out facial surgery on her friend despite being unqualified to do so. The decision was made to have Royston struck off after she took time off her work at Russell […]

Death of newborn caused by paramedic failings

Posted: February 16, 2016

Posted in: Birth Injury Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death 

Worcestershire Hospitals Trust has recorded the death of a newborn baby as a serious incident following paramedics taking the child to Accident and Emergency at Worcestershire Royal instead of the maternity unit. The crew had been told to take the baby to the maternity unit where a full paediatric resuscitation team would be available, however […]