Leeds Personal Injury Blog

Mental health patients being ‘ignored’

Posted: October 14, 2015

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

A recent study has found that people suffering with mental health problems in England are five times as likely to be admitted to hospital as an emergency than individuals who do not. The Nuffield Trust and Health Foundation said that the majority of these admissions were actually for physical problems, with only 20% of admissions […]

How professionals value their body parts

Posted: September 30, 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 […]

British Airways passengers take legal action

Posted: September 23, 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 […]

Undiagnosed injury case settled

Posted: September 7, 2015

Posted in: Foot Injuries Medical Negligence NHS Claims 

Robert McCartney has been awarded compensation after his tendon injury went undiagnosed for several weeks. He brought the medical negligence claim against his GP after he was turned away and told to rest despite his clear symptoms of a ruptured tendo-achilles. In April 2010, Mr McCartney had been outside his home when he slipped backwards […]

Plea to help workers affected by asbestos

Posted: August 30, 2015

Posted in: Asbestos Exposure Industrial Deafness and Disease Mesothelioma 

When figures revealed that 85 people in the Doncaster area had died from asbestos-related cancer over a four-year period, campaigners demanded that more support should be offered to those affected. The figures showed that 85 people, who had worked primarily in the industrial sector, had died from mesothelioma between 2010 and 2014. 6.2 deaths per […]

Schools payout £1.5m in compensation

Posted: August 24, 2015

Posted in: Leg Injuries Public Place Accidents School Accidents 

It has been revealed, following a recent Freedom of Information request, that schools paid out £1.5million to pupils last year through personal injury claims. The total figure went out to 150 pupils, including one claimant who won £4,000 after suffering burns from an icepack following a playground fall. The pupil received compensation from Gateshead council, […]

Teenager’s bone cancer misdiagnosed as sports injury

Posted: August 21, 2015

Posted in: Medical Negligence Negligent Cancer Diagnosis Sporting Injuries 

A 16-year-old girl was told by her GP on ten separate occasions that the pain she was experiencing was simply a sports injury. Melissa Sutton, from Rochdale in Lancashire, was a keen trampoliner when she first visited her GP with pain in her ribs. However, after being sent away and told to rest, the pain […]

Dog to be destroyed following severe injuries

Posted: August 15, 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 […]

Taxi accident victim offered £35 compensation

Posted: July 29, 2015

Posted in: Public Transport Road Traffic Accidents 

An executive said he was offered a mere £35 in compensation after he was “almost killed” in a road traffic accident on the M4. 32-year-old Florian Pedemanaud had been in a minicab when the crash happened, leaving him covered in cuts and bruises. He said he contacted the private hire firm Uber after the accident […]

Hogweed victim battles for damages

Posted: July 24, 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 […]