Bradford Personal Injury Blog

Pothole compensation payouts on the rise

Posted: October 28, 2014

Posted in: Pothole Injuries Public Place Accidents Road Traffic Accidents 

New figures have revealed that in the last year alone, pothole compensation payouts have increased by 20%. The figures show that Lincolnshire County Council has made 1,500 payouts to motorists since January 2012, with the sum increasing from £133,015 paid out in 2012 to £157,266 in 2013. Lincolnshire County Council was labeled ‘pothole capital of Britain’ as […]

Health trust apologises to 27 patients over cancer care

Posted: October 19, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence Negligent Cancer Diagnosis 

A health trust has apologised to the cancer patients treated by a consultant who was recently dismissed. A total of 27 patients received letters in the post apologising for consultant Paul Miller’s treatment between 2006 and last December. Mr Miller had been working at East Surrey Hospital, treating bladder and prostate cancer patients. Five patients that […]

Mother awarded £2.25m compensation for son’s cerebral palsy

Posted: October 9, 2014

Posted in: Birth Injury Head and Brain Injuries Medical Negligence 

After a woman’s son was born prematurely after she was fitted with a contraceptive device during pregnancy, she has been awarded £2.25 million in compensation. Cian Bowen, now seven-years-old, was born with severe brain damage and now suffers with cerebral palsy even though his intellect is still intact. Ms Hughes’s case arose from the admitted […]

Schools payout £1.5m in injury compensation

Posted: September 30, 2014

Posted in: Finger Injuries Public Place Accidents School Accidents 

Over the last five years alone, Greater Manchester schools have paid out £1.5million in compensation to injured school children. With the majority of accidents stemming from ‘basic health and safety failings’, health and safety consultants argue that not enough is being done to protect children in schools. Accidents ranged from children being hit by falling goal […]

Poor pavement conditions causing injury compensation claims

Posted: September 29, 2014

Posted in: Pothole Injuries Public Place Accidents 

A Westbourne councillor has claimed that more needs to be done to maintain public pavements. Cracked and damaged pavements are putting members of the public at risk of injury every day, with some in need of very urgent repair. Brighton and Hove City councillor for Westbourne, Graham Cox, said that he receives hundreds of pavement-related […]

Doctor was unaware patient had spleen rupture

Posted: September 23, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence NHS Claims Wrongful & Accidental Death 

A Stafford Hospital doctor discharged a patient with a ruptured spleen despite a paramedic classing his condition as “life-threatening”. 20-year-old John Moore-Robinson had gone to Stafford Hospital after he fell off his bike near his home in Sileby, Leicestershire. Even though the telecommunications engineer informed the hospital that he had a life-threatening condition prior to his […]

Pensioner receives compensation for failed cosmetic surgery

Posted: September 19, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence Negligent Cosmetic Surgery 

69-year-old Pearl Richman has been awarded over £40,000 in clinical negligence compensation after a facelift caused her to develop a skin condition called necrosis. Mrs Richman underwent the procedure in 2010 but was left with open flesh wounds and a cell injury called necrosis, which causes the premature death of skin cells. Following the botched procedure, […]

Welder survives life-threatening accident

Posted: August 29, 2014

Posted in: Neck Injuries Workplace Injuries 

A welder from Birmingham has won a five-figure payout after he survived a life-threatening accident at his workplace in 2011. 48-year-old Alan Bailey had been operating a grinder on a piece of steel when the accident happened. It was heard that the equipment kicked back, slicing his throat. Medical experts said that he was “millimeters from dying”. […]

Worker wins £40k compensation for hand injury

Posted: August 28, 2014

Posted in: Faulty Work Equipment Hand Injuries Workplace Injuries 

A worker who injured his hand while operating an aluminium-rolling machine has won £40,000 in compensation.  Robert Gibbons, from Wallsend, had been operating a machine used to roll aluminium sheeting into shape when his hand became caught in the rollers. His right hand, which is also his dominant hand, was left seriously fractured and deformed. […]

Father’s poor DIY causes child death

Posted: August 26, 2014

Posted in: Personal Injury Wrongful & Accidental Death 

A toddler was killed earlier this year after her father failed to safely install a fire surround in their house, which fell and crushed her to death. 2-year-old Trinity Coward had been swinging on the fire surround when it fell on top of her on the 6th of July. The surround had been attached to […]