Pages On: Arm Injury

Compensation awarded to prison officer forced to leave her profession

Posted: 1 May 2016

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Hand Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A former prison officer, working in a London young offender’s institute, has been forced to quit her job after sustaining a debilitating injury whilst at work. The officer, who has chosen to remain unnamed, was eventually awarded the sum of £140,000 in compensation, following a six year battle with her ex-employer.  Her solicitors argued that the prison service was to blame following an altercation between two inmates that should never have been allowed to occur.  The officer had warned colleagues that the two inmates were on ‘separate unlock’, meaning that they…

£940000 compensation following freak accident

Posted: 4 April 2016

Posted in: Hand Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A Manchester man has received £940000 in compensation after taking his employer to court following a freak accident at work. The accident, that initially seemed innocuous, left the employee with every bone in his wrist broken, rendering him unable to go back to work again.  The man in his forties decided to take his employer to court after his contract was terminated just weeks after the incident.  Having built up substantial skills over his working life, the claimant was able to earn a very good income.  After sustaining debilitating injuries…

Pensioner wins compensation for a fall in a supermarket

Posted: 10 December 2015

Posted in: Arm Injury, Head and Brain Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Shop Accidents

Supermarket giant, Sainsbury’s, has paid out a five-figure sum to pensioner Jean Annis, 79 from Alsager, following a compensation claim.  Mrs Annis tripped on matting in the Sainsbury’s Local store causing four fractures to her right arm, which has left her unable to use her right hand.  She also sustained injuries to her eye, lip and chin.  The injury to her arm has left Mrs Annis, who is also carer to her husband Norman, aged 89 and suffering from dementia, unable to carry out simple daily tasks such as cutting…

How professionals value their body parts

Posted: 30 September 2015

Posted in: Arm Injury, Leg Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A study carried out by insurance brand There found that where a builder’s leg is worth around £1.1million, an engineer’s eye is worth £3.4million. The study asked 2,000 professionals across a total of 20 different industries to put an insurance value on their different body parts to show their impact on earning potential. Engineers came in at the top of the table, placing an insurance value of £3.4million on their eyes, followed by electricians and plumbers at £3.1million and telecom workers at £2.6million. The study came about when it was…

British Airways passengers take legal action

Posted: 23 September 2015

Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad, Arm Injury, Public Transport

Passengers that were left with physical and psychological injuries after a British Airways plane caught fire earlier this month have decided to take legal action. A total of 157 passengers had been onboard the aircraft when it set on fire on the runway at Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport on 8 September. Of those 157 passengers, a total of 40 passengers have taken legal advice for their injuries. One of the passengers, Steve Bingham, had been on the London-bound flight when the accident happened, leaving him with a severe arm…

Dog to be destroyed following severe injuries

Posted: 15 August 2015

Posted in: Animal Attacks, Arm Injury, Head and Brain Injuries

A dog has had a destruction order placed on him after biting a four-year-old girl at a rugby match last year and causing severe injury. Paddy the collie had the destruction order put on him last week at the Guildford Crown Court after his owner, John Trodden, pleaded guilty to owning a dangerously out of control dog that caused injury in a public place. The little girl, who remains anonymous, has been left with serious facial scars following the attack last year. It was heard in court that the incident…

Hogweed victim battles for damages

Posted: 24 July 2015

Posted in: Arm Injury, Finger Injuries, Foot Injuries, Public Place Accidents

The case of a 7-year-old boy who suffered life-changing burns from a Giant Hogweed plant has been taken to court. The young boy, who remains anonymous, suffered severe burns to his upper body, arms, feet, and chest after he came into contact with the plant while on holiday in his family’s static caravan in a holiday park in Wales. The boy’s case is thought to be the first of its type in the country. The boy had been playing with friends when he picked up a branch of the highly…

Dog attack sees two hospitalised

Posted: 16 September 2014

Posted in: Animal Attacks, Hand Injuries

A dog attack earlier this month saw two people hospitalised.  The attack happened in Newbury on the 4th of September when two terriers attacked a couple of dog walkers.  Both victims suffered serious injuries and required hospital treatment.  The two victims, friends John Bremner and Georgina Warren, had been walking their own dogs when the incident happened.  It was heard that the terriers first attempted to attack their pets, but then attacked the owners.  The Staffordshire Bull Terrier and the American Pit Bull had both escaped from their owner’s home…

Almost a quarter of a million paid out in school injury compensation

Posted: 4 April 2014

Posted in: Arm Injury, Foot Injuries, Public Place Accidents, School Accidents

Newly released figures have revealed that almost a quarter of a million pounds of taxpayers’ money has been paid out as injury compensation to children in Leeds over the last five years.  This figure covers money paid out to children that have suffered injuries in Leeds’ primary and secondary schools, with injuries including broken bones and burns. One child received £35,000 in compensation after breaking a limb at school in 2009.  The figures – obtained under the Freedom of Information Act – found that a total of 188 personal injury…

£70,000 compensation after pothole crash

Posted: 22 March 2014

Posted in: Arm Injury, Bicycle Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Pothole Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents

A cyclist has been awarded £70,000 in compensation after a pothole threw him off his bike in 2009.  Alan Curtis from Bushey in Hertfordshire suffered a “severe head injury” in the crash on The Drive in Rickmansworth.  The 57-year-old sued Hertfordshire County Council for failing to fill-in the pothole, which he described as being a “real source of danger” to road users.  The council said that they were “disappointed” in the High Court for ruling in Mr Curtis’s favour. The charity fundraiser had been cycling with his two best friends…

Injury claims cost Essex County Council £1m

Posted: 4 March 2014

Posted in: Arm Injury, Head and Brain Injuries, School Accidents, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries, Workplace Slip

Essex County Council has paid out over £1m over the last three years to staff injured in Essex schools.  The largest payout, nearly a quarter of the total compensation paid to staff hurt in the city’s schools, went to a teacher who slipped on a ketchup packet.  The teacher was awarded with £230,000 in compensation.  Figures revealed that Essex County Council has paid out a total of £1.05m to 34 claimants between 2011 and 2013. This information was made available following a freedom of information request.  Most of the payouts…

Council worker compensated for burnt hand

Posted: 15 January 2014

Posted in: Hand Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries, Workplace Slip

A council worker has received a £3,000 payout after severely burning their hand on a hot fish pie while serving lunch.  This was one of the numerous claims paid out by authorities in Greater Manchester to their own staff in the last year.  Other injuries included hurting themselves while setting up a trampoline, tripping while delivering leaflets, being assaulted by aggressive members of the public and many others; all of which won full compensation. The area’s ten local authorities have faced a huge number of claims from employees since the…

Court case highlights poor machine safety

Posted: 24 January 2013

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Faulty Work Equipment, Finger Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A food manufacturer has appeared in court for safety offences after one of its workers lost the tip of her finger using a badly-guarded machine in a Doncaster factory. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigated the incident and prosecuted the company for breaching regulations designed to safeguard workers using machinery. Doncaster Magistrates heard that Ms Thapa was in the production area at the firm’s premises. A mobile screw conveyor was being used to fill a packing machine with powdered ingredients but the machine was known to block regularly. HSE…

Work Related Arm Injury Compensation

Posted in: Arm Injury, Workplace Injuries

These injuries normally include tendon and joint inflammation, carpal tunnel syndrome, “tennis elbow, “golfers elbow” and other repetitive strain injuries. Work Related Arm Injuries claims lawyers for Leeds This category contains a broad group of injuries grouped together. They are categorised in this way as they are more than likely to be the result of exposure to certain conditions at work. The court will consider the following in making an award: Is the injury on one or both sides? The level of the symptoms – swelling, tenderness etc The ability…

Hand Injury Claims

Posted in: Hand Injuries, Personal Injury

Your hands are among the most vitally important parts of your entire body. Injury to your hands will almost certainly result in a substantial reduction in the quality of your life, as well as your prospects of employment. The law reflects this, and awards of compensation for the complete loss of the use of a hand fall not far short of the compensation for the loss of the entire arm. How Much Compensation for a Hand Injury? If you have been injured in the last three years, and it wasn’t…

Arm Injury Compensation Claims

Posted in: Arm Injury, Personal Injury

The arm is made of two parts: the upper arm – shoulder to elbow – and the lower arm – elbow to wrist. If you injure your arm in an accident that was not your fault then you could make a claim for compensation. Arm injuries can happen in a number of ways, the most common would probably be slips, trips and falls, for example, by tripping on a paving stone. In this scenario you could bring a compensation claim against the local council if your arm is injured as…