Sheffield Personal Injury Blog

£68k paid-out to children injured at school

Posted: April 6, 2014

Posted in: Public Place Accidents School Accidents 

Newly released figures have revealed that North Yorkshire County Council has paid-out a total of £68,000 in compensation to children injured at school. The figures were gained under a Freedom of Information Act request, which found that £26,000 was paid out for slips, trips and falls, £12,000 paid out as a result of PE accidents, and […]

Gym staff member injured by angry weightlifter

Posted: March 31, 2014

Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault Gym & Leisure Centre Accidents Leg Injuries Public Place Accidents Workplace Injuries 

A member of staff at Nuffield Health gym was injured on the leg after a man threw down his dumbbell when closing time was announced. Lee Maxwell had been doing bicep curls when staff-member Donald Brown announced to the gym that it was due to close. Mr Maxwell was holding a 60kg dumbbell before throwing it down […]

Gloucestershire sees rise in dog bites and attacks

Posted: March 25, 2014

Posted in: Animal Attacks 

Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act have highlighted that the number of dog attacks reported to police in Gloucestershire is on the rise. Figures released to the Gloucestershire Citizen revealed that the number of dog attacks reported to the police as crimes have climbed from 62 to 72 in the last three years, […]

Teacher slips on ketchup sachet and suffers serious personal injuries

Posted: March 16, 2014

Posted in: School Accidents Workplace Injuries 

A teacher has been awarded £230,000 after slipping on a tomato ketchup sachet in a school corridor. The Essex high school teacher suffered serious personal injuries after the fall in March 2008. He only claimed for the accident in March 2011 — eight days before the three-year time limit on making a personal injury claim. The teacher’s […]

Schoolboy awarded £15,000 in compensation

Posted: March 12, 2014

Posted in: Hip Injuries Public Place Accidents School Accidents Workplace Injuries 

An Essex schoolboy has been awarded £15,197 worth of compensation after a teacher threw a DVD case in the classroom and cut his eyebrow. The plastic DVD cover accidently hit the boy, causing him to sustain a “tiny cut to the eyebrow”. The boy’s family succeeded in securing a five-figure pay-out from Essex County Council. The council said […]

Police payout £144,000 to officers injured on duty

Posted: March 3, 2014

Posted in: Finger Injuries Knee Injury Workplace Injuries 

South Yorkshire Police Force has paid out a total of £144,000 in compensation to officers injured while on duty. A total of 31 financial settlements were made by the force in only four years, (between 2008-2012) with payouts ranging from insect bites to knee injuries. As a result, the force has been urged to crackdown on officers […]

Newborn died unnecessarily after medical staff missed opportunities to save him

Posted: March 1, 2014

Posted in: Birth Injury Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death 

The parents of a newborn baby that died only nine days after birth feel “let down” by the maternity staff at Furness General Hospital. Joshua Titcombe died in 2008 due to natural causes, but an inquest found that medical staff missed multiple opportunities to save his life. Following the baby’s death, the family said that they […]

Extra staff for struggling hospital

Posted: February 24, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

Having been placed under special measures following a Care Quality Commission report in December, the Royal Blackburn Hospital has taken on almost 150 new members of staff. The East Lancashire Hospitals Trust was placed under special measures after an investigation made worrying findings. The trust was failing to meet three out of four national standards in the […]

Family sue over injuries sustained at Apollo Theatre

Posted: February 9, 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. […]

Shrewsbury explosion victims receive compensation

Posted: February 1, 2014

Posted in: Personal Injury Public Place Accidents 

Following the Shrewsbury gas explosion in 2010, the 11 injured have received compensation. The gas explosion occurred on the 3rd of January at the corner of Bridge Street and Smithfield Road, leaving 11 people with severe burns and injuries. An investigation was carried out by the Health and Safety Executive shortly after the accident, and found that […]