Leeds Personal Injury Blog
Tour operator responsible for tragic deaths
Posted: March 7, 2016
Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad Public Place Accidents Wrongful & Accidental Death
A tour guide from a Vietnamese tour operator is being questioned by police, and the tour operator has been suspended, following the tragic deaths of 3 British tourists on Friday. 24-year-old Beth Anderson and her sister 19-year-old Isobel Squire died, together with 25-year-old Christian Sloan, in the Da Lat area of Lam Dong when they […]
Read MoreMan jailed for causing road death
Posted: March 2, 2016
Posted in: Car Accidents Road Traffic Accidents Wrongful & Accidental Death
A Southport man has been jailed for two years and banned from driving for two years for causing the death of Lancashire man, Andrew Birch, in January of last year. Mr Birch, 46, from Scarisbrick was the passenger in a Peugeot Horizon being driven by his 80-year-old mother. 58-year-old Kenneth Grisedale admitted causing the death […]
Read MoreDiabetic could have been saved
Posted: March 1, 2016
Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
Type 1 diabetic, 27-year-old Lisa Day, could have been saved if an ambulance had arrived sooner, a coroner has stated. Ms Day, from Saffron Walden in Essex, was with her friend Luke Halliburton when she fell ill in September of 2015. She was living in West Hampstead in north London when she became ill. The […]
Read MoreWall collapse seriously injures two children
Posted: February 15, 2016
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries Leg Injuries Public Place Accidents Spine & Back Injuries
Two young children, a boy aged four and a girl aged seven, were badly injured when a 10 foot wall collapsed as they were walking to school with their mother during Storm Imogen. It is thought that the children were walking a little ahead of their mother when the garden wall in Bretforton, near Evesham […]
Read More47-year-old dies as a result of undiagnosis
Posted: February 9, 2016
Posted in: Medical Negligence Negligent Cancer Diagnosis Wrongful & Accidental Death
A coroner’s inquest into the death of 47-year-old Jeanette Scully heard that she had made 58 medical visits in the five months leading up to her death. Ms Scully died from an aggressive form of cancer and was in extreme pain due to the rare malignant tumour that spread throughout her pelvis and abdomen. The hearing […]
Read MoreDentist in “biggest recall in NHS history”
Posted: January 31, 2016
Posted in: Dental Negligence Medical Negligence NHS Claims
The 18-month suspension of Desmond D’Mello, the dentist involved in “the biggest recall in NHS history” could be extended by another few months if the High Court rules in favour of the extension by the General Dental Council (GDC). The suspension, which was imposed in August of 2014, is due to expire in February. Experts […]
Read MoreSevere loss of care home beds
Posted: January 30, 2016
Posted in: Medical Negligence
In a report presented to the Greater Huddersfield Commissioning Group it has been revealed that one in seven care home beds have been lost last year in Kirklees despite demand for places increasing. NHS chiefs learned that out of 1750 beds, 258 had been lost in 2015 due to several care homes being closed either […]
Read More2 dead following undiscovered fire
Posted: January 20, 2016
Posted in: Personal Injury Wrongful & Accidental Death
A serious chip pan fire that was missed by fire-fighters left two people dead at 11:00 on Saturday. Neighbours of dinner lady Keli Morgan, 44, and her husband Joe Morgan, 41, had called the fire services upon smelling smoke. Fire-fighters attended the report and searched for 25 minutes to find the source of the smoke, […]
Read MoreShoreham airshow disaster victims could be in line for payouts
Posted: January 11, 2016
Posted in: Public Place Accidents Wrongful & Accidental Death
It has been revealed following the tragic Shoreham air show crash that injured spectators could be in line for very large compensation payments. This has come as a result of the aircraft’s owners admitting liability for the accident, which saw eleven killed and fourteen seriously injured. The Hawker Hunter 1950s RAF jet crashed during an […]
Read MoreShopping centre fined £75,000 for severing a man’s toe
Posted: December 31, 2015
Posted in: Foot Injuries Public Place Accidents Shop Accidents
A shopping centre in Nottingham has been fined £75K after a customer was severely injured on an escalator. 27-year-old Michael Reddington had been shopping in the West End Arcade when his foot got trapped in an escalator, resulting in the loss of his big toe. The incident happened on 15 March 2012 when Mr Reddington […]
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