Sheffield Personal Injury Blog
Council pays out over £330,000 in school injury compensation
Posted: June 18, 2014
Posted in: Finger Injuries Foot Injuries Public Place Accidents School Accidents Workplace Injuries Workplace Slip
A recent report has found that Lincolnshire County Council has paid out over £330,000 in compensation to those injured at school. With claims ranging from a trapped thumb to a book falling on a child’s foot, the “compensation culture” argument has been raised in relation to many of the council’s payouts. The figures were released […]
Read MoreCyclists raise £7000 for spinal injuries charity
Posted: June 11, 2014
Posted in: Personal Injury Spine & Back Injuries
Two cyclists have raised a total of £7,000 for spinal injuries charity SIA (the Spinal Injuries Association). The cyclists from Trafford cycled a 300km route from London to Paris to raise money and awareness for the charity. According to the statistics of support organisation ‘Apparelyzed’, around 1200 people in the UK are paralysed by a spinal […]
Read MoreWorries over safety at Cambridge Airport
Posted: June 8, 2014
Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad Public Transport Accidents
A recent investigation has made some worrying findings regarding staff and passenger safety at Cambridge International Airport. The BBC investigation gathered evidence from leaked emails and two whistleblowers, which both highlighted major concerns about the condition of the airport’s equipment and the state of the runway. Furthering this, findings also revealed that air traffic controllers were working […]
Read MoreFood company fined £35k for multiple workplace safety failings
Posted: May 29, 2014
Posted in: Employer Negligence Faulty Work Equipment Finger Injuries Workplace Injuries
Kent-based rice processor ‘Veetee Foods’ has been fined £35,000 for safety failings for the second time this month. The firm was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a member of staff crushed three of their fingers in unguarded machinery. The member of staff, Khalil Ahmed, had been working on a machine whose guard […]
Read MoreMan wins £45,000 compensation following failed operation
Posted: May 26, 2014
Posted in: Hand Injuries Medical Negligence NHS Claims
A man has been awarded with £45,000 in compensation following a failed operation at James Cook University Hospital. 70-year-old Malcolm Atkinson suffered with a debilitating finger condition, which was left considerably worse after going under the knife. The condition Mr Atkinson suffered with was Dupuytren’s contracture, a condition that causes the fingers to bend inwards […]
Read MoreSheffield boy wins NHS compensation after brain damage during birth
Posted: May 15, 2014
Posted in: Birth Injury Head and Brain Injuries Medical Negligence
A boy that was left with severe brain damage after a birthing complication has been awarded with a substantial NHS compensation package. 14-year-old Bradley Kendall sustained a permanent brain injury during his three-month-premature birth at the Jessop maternity unit in Sheffield. He now requires a great degree of care and will spend the rest of […]
Read MoreMajority of injured workers not compensated
Posted: May 5, 2014
Posted in: Employer Negligence Workplace Injuries
Despite speculation that a ‘compensation culture’ is developing in the UK, figures suggest otherwise – showing that the majority of the country’s injured workers are not compensated at all. Figures show that over 600,000 people a year report a work-related illness or injury, with 25,000 forced to give up work as a result. The Association of Personal […]
Read MoreCyclist “could’ve been killed” in pothole crash
Posted: April 27, 2014
Posted in: Bicycle Accidents Head and Brain Injuries Pothole Injuries Public Place Accidents Road Traffic Accidents
A cyclist from Bellfields said that he “could’ve been killed” when he was flipped off his bike after hitting a pothole when cycling home from a friend’s house. Tony Webber suffered serious facial damage in the accident and has criticised the state of the county’s roads. He had been cycling home from his friend’s house in […]
Read MoreWorkplace compensation claims dropped by 50% in last 10 years
Posted: April 22, 2014
Posted in: Employer Negligence Industrial Deafness and Disease Repetitive Strain Injury Spine & Back Injuries Workplace Injuries Workplace Slip
A report recently released by TUC has found that compensation cases related to workplace injuries and illness have fallen by around 50% in the last decade. The figures revealed that compensation claims have fallen from 183,342 in 2002/03, to 91,115 in 2012/13. Despite there being a promising decline in cases, this could be due to the government […]
Read MoreCouncils payout £2.5m in personal injury compensation
Posted: April 14, 2014
Posted in: Neck Injuries Pedestrian Injuries Personal Injury Public Place Accidents Spine & Back Injuries
Two Devon councils have paid out a total of £2.5 million in personal injury compensation over the last four years. Between 2010 and 2013, Plymouth City Council paid out £2.1m and Torbay Council £400,000 to claimants who suffered personal injuries. These claims ranged from injuries resulting from tripping on pavements, to one claimant who fell into […]
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