Leeds Personal Injury Blog

Pothole claims all time high

Posted: May 8, 2014

Posted in: Pothole Injuries Road Traffic Accidents 

New figures have revealed that the number of claims for injuries related to potholes has risen by 750% in the worst hit areas.  This is most likely due to having just endured the wettest winter in England and Wales since 1766, with winter flooding causing significant road damage.  The AA said that despite the Government’s […]

Company director fined over unsafe work procedures

Posted: May 1, 2014

Posted in: Employer Negligence 

The managing director of a roofing company has been fined for its dangerous work procedures after a member of public photographed one of the workers jet washing a roof without any safety measures in place. The photo was taken in June 2013, showing a man standing on the sloping roof of a house using a power […]

Hospital infection rates remain far too high

Posted: April 22, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

An NHS watchdog has found that not enough is being done by hospital staff to prevent the spread of infection. Around 300,000 patients in England develop an infection during their stay in an NHS hospital every year.  Prof Gillian Leng from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said that the rates are […]

NHS Trust faces investigation following death

Posted: April 15, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence NHS Claims Wrongful & Accidental Death 

An NHS trust faces investigation following the death of a patient who was being treated under critical care at Hereford County Hospital. The death of the patient came after a complaint had been made concerning the hospital’s medical and surgical management, which has been referred to the NHS ombudsman.  A second complaint had also been made […]

Hospital watchdog identifies a ‘huge variation’ in hospital care

Posted: April 8, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

England’s health watchdog chairman said that there is a ‘huge variation’ in the care provided by England’s hospitals, with some that “you would not want to go to as a patient”.  David Prior said that the Care Quality Commision (CQC) was shocked by the findings as care standards varied greatly between individual hospital trusts. Mr […]

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

Posted: April 4, 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 […]

NHS wants to halve serious mistakes

Posted: March 27, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence NHS Claims 

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has suggested that individual NHS trusts draw up plans to reduce the number of serious mistakes they make every year.  He hopes to potentially halve the number of serious, and avoidable, mistakes made within the NHS, with the hope to save around 6,000 lives over the next three years.  The project, […]

£70,000 compensation after pothole crash

Posted: March 22, 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 […]

Pensioner had five-hour ambulance wait

Posted: March 12, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death 

A pensioner from Nottingham had to wait five hours for an ambulance after the phone call was logged incorrectly.  Stewart Maltby’s GP had been visiting Mr Matlby at his home in Farnsfield having recently suffered a stroke and abdominal surgery.  Finding that he was severely dehydrated, GP John Porter requested an ambulance to be sent […]

Injury claims cost Essex County Council £1m

Posted: March 4, 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.  […]