Pages On: Shoulder Injuries
An injured shoulder isn’t an easily sustained injury, but it can cause a cascade of issues in your neck, arms, back, and chest. The shoulder provides vital governance to our arms, and as such can render them all but immobile in the event of an injury. Whilst not life-threatening, a shoulder injury can cause lifetime discomfort and difficulty. This is why, when evaluating the compensation awards, the effect of the shoulder injury on to one’s life is considered, not just the initial accident. If you’ve suffered a shoulder injury in an accident that wasn’t your fault, you may be able to claim personal injury compensation.
Escaped cow injures meat inspector
Posted: 21 April 2016
Posted in: Animal Attacks, Neck Injuries, Shoulder Injuries, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries
A meat hygiene inspector from Surrey has been awarded £6,000 in damages following being landed on by a cow who jumped over the top of her stunning pen. The inspector was passing along a narrow path in front of the pens when the cow made her escape. She landed on the inspector, Mr Melvyn Treen from Camberley in Surrey, causing him injury to his back, neck and shoulder. The accident occurred at the Chitty Wholesale Abbattoir at Slyfield Industrial Estate in Guilford. Totally avoidable The 62-year-old described the incident: “The cow was being…
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Tourist awarded compensation following aeroplane injury
Posted: 4 April 2016
Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad, Leg Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Public Transport Accidents, Shoulder Injuries, Spine & Back Injuries
A tourist was awarded £3900 in compensation by an airline following injuries sustained when returning from an overseas holiday. The claimant had warned the operator in advance that she had difficulties walking and had requested assistance on boarding and disembarking the aeroplane. However, upon her return from holiday, assistance was not provided. She subsequently stumbled whilst descending the staircase causing her to jar her back and shoulder. She also sustained injury to her leg. No record of types of disability assistance The holidaymaker decided to press for compensation and appointed lawyers to…
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Cumbrian Mountain Rescue Team kept busy
Posted: 14 April 2015
Posted in: Personal Injury, Public Place Accidents, Shoulder Injuries
Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team has rescued a seriously injured woman after she plunged 50ft down a Cumbrian fell. The woman, who has not been named, suffered serious head injuries caused by the fall on Glenridding Dodd, on the south side of Ullswater. The fall was caused when ground gave way beneath her feet, and occurred on Saturday. An air ambulance was despatched and the Rescue Team lowered the patient on a stretcher using ropes. The woman was then flown to Carlisle to the Cumberland Infirmary. Dislocated shoulder and broken ankle Also on Saturday,…
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Family sue over injuries sustained at Apollo Theatre
Posted: 9 February 2014
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Shoulder Injuries, Spine & Back Injuries
A family of six that sustained serious personal injuries in the ceiling collapse at the Apollo Theater in December has launched a legal claim for compensation. The Edwards family was amongst the seventy-six injured audience members who had been watching ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’ at the time of the accident. Debris began to fall on the audience, leaving many people with serious injuries. Account manager from Tufnell Park, Gareth Edwards (31), suffered three fractured vertebrae, a broken shoulder blade and bruising on his brain in…
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The inherent dangers of working at height
Posted: 13 March 2013
Posted in: Employer Negligence, Falls from Heights, Shoulder Injuries, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries
Workers across Britain are continuing to suffer serious injury and even death as a result of employers failing to ensure they are sufficiently protected when working at height. Life-changing injuries In London a worker suffered severe injuries when he fell through a roof light at a construction site. He was employed by an interior fit-out company, and was carrying out insulation work on a property redevelopment project when he fell through the roof light and landed on the ground six metres below. He sustained life-changing injuries, including breaks to three…
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Shoulder Injuries Compensation
Posted in: Personal Injury, Shoulder Injuries
Common shoulder injuries include ligament damage, soft tissue damage, a dislocated shoulder, a fractured collar bone and so on. You can end up with a shoulder injury in a number of ways including road traffic accidents, a sports injury, slips, trips, falls or an accident in the workplace. Regardless of how you have suffered your shoulder injury, provided the accident that resulted in the injury was not your fault, you should contact our personal injury lawyers Sheffield. They will then be able to help you to make a claim for…
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