Leeds Personal Injury Blog

Cyclist awarded £105K after being hit by a car

Posted: December 28, 2015

Posted in: Bicycle Accidents Leg Injuries Road Traffic Accidents 

A cyclist who was left wheelchair-bound for four months after being hit by a car has been awarded £105,000 in compensation. The 48-year-old, who remains unnamed, had been cycling on a roundabout near his home in Corfe Mullen when a car sped past him, knocking him off his bike. Following the accident in May 2010, […]

How Your Employer Should Protect You in Cold Temperatures

Posted: December 21, 2015

Posted in: Employer Negligence Workplace Injuries 

As the days grow colder, working outside becomes increasingly hazardous. It is important that your employer takes extra precautions during these winter months to protect you at work. The law states that it is your employer’s responsibility to protect you from the dangers of cold and stormy weather, so make sure that if you are […]

Pensioner wins compensation for a fall in a supermarket

Posted: December 10, 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 […]

Banning of whiplash injury cash payouts

Posted: November 30, 2015

Posted in: Neck Injuries Road Traffic Accidents Whiplash Injuries 

A recent statement has announced government plans to end right to cash compensation for whiplash claims. Where whiplash claims alone cost the insurance industry £2bn a year, an average of £90 a policy, the government has come up with a plan to bring car insurance bills down by as much as £50. They have proposed […]

‘Human error’ caused Alton Towers crash

Posted: November 28, 2015

Posted in: Knee Injury Leg Injuries Public Place Accidents 

Staffordshire theme park, Alton Towers, have announced that the accident that occurred on 2 June of this year, seriously injuring several people, was due to human error.  The park confirmed that staff had misunderstood a shutdown message and restarted the ride, causing the carriages to collide with stationary carriages on the track.  It has been […]

Jeremy Hunt announces plans to halve baby deaths in UK

Posted: November 16, 2015

Posted in: Birth Injury Head and Brain Injuries Medical Negligence 

According to a 2011 study by the Lancet Medical Journal, it was found that England has higher figures than the rest of much of the developed world for stillbirths. As a result of this, and subsequent studies, Jeremy Hunt has announced plans to halve the number of stillbirths and new born deaths in the UK […]

Farm owner fined over worker accident

Posted: November 8, 2015

Posted in: Employer Negligence Leg Injuries Workplace Injuries 

A Northumberland farm owner has been sentenced after one of the farm’s workers suffered severe leg injuries after a concrete panel fell onto him. It was heard at Mid and South East Northumberland Magistrates’ Court that on the 4th August 2014, the worker, who remains unnamed, and one of his colleagues, were using a telehandler […]

Experimental heart surgery causes death

Posted: November 2, 2015

Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death 

A judge at London’s High Court has awarded damages of £13,686 to the daughter of a man who died as a result of experimental surgery on his heart in 2007.  Mr William Ewan, 86, died in Leicester’s Glenfield Hospital of complications during a key-hole operation which caused him to bleed to death.  Mr Ewan’s daughter, […]

Cancer diagnosis variation ‘unacceptable’

Posted: October 28, 2015

Posted in: Medical Negligence Negligent Cancer Diagnosis 

Following a study carried out between 2012 and 2013 by Cancer Research UK, it is claimed that around 20,000 cases of cancer could have been detected earlier if cancer care was as good as the best demonstrated practice in England.  They described the “unacceptable variations” as causing concern throughout the regions, with the worst area […]

Mother awarded £725,000 over birthing complications

Posted: October 25, 2015

Posted in: Birth Injury Medical Negligence Shoulder Injuries 

The mother of a baby that was left permanently disabled following birthing complications has been awarded £725,000 in compensation. The woman, who remains anonymous, claimed that Sister Rosemary Murphy at Law Hospital’s maternity unit failed to deliver her baby son properly in 1999. It was heard at Court of Sessions in Edinburgh earlier this year […]