A class action lawsuit in Australia is being pursued by more than 1,000 patients who are claiming hip replacement compensation after receiving the defective DePuy hip replacement. It is thought that around 5,500 Australians could have received the recalled hip replacements, with the class action first filed in June 2011, on behalf of the lead claimant in Sydney Federal Court. … Read
A school in Colchester has been fined after a pupil was injured when a 300 kilogramme stack of timber fell on him. The 15-year-old schoolboy disturbed a pile of timber board in the foyer of the technology department at Gilberd School in Colchester. The timber fell forward onto the pupil, knocking him to the floor and trapping his foot. As … Read
A man who sustained serious injuries after a theme park accident is claiming £250,000 in personal injury compensation. Mark Simpson was riding the water chute at Wicksteed Park, near Kettering, when he was thrown out of the boat landing on some seating.The 51-year-old sustained a broken left ankle, injured knee and damage to his shoulder and wrist. After the accident … Read
Tesco has been ordered to pay £44,500 after a supermarket accident involving a pallet truck left an elderly woman with ‘psychological and physical’ injuries. Angela Pownell, 80, was hit by a pallet truck so hard that she was left with ‘flaps of skin’ hanging from her shin after the accident at the store in Leicester. Mr Thorogood, who brought the prosecution … Read
A writ issued in the High Court has revealed that a mother is making a personal injury claim for £300,000-six years after her son was seriously injured in a road traffic accident. Troy Brooks was 11-years-old when he was knocked down by a car and left fighting for his life on June 22 2005. Troy was taken to Southampton General … Read
A fairground owner has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a 12-year-old girl was thrown from a faulty ride. Birmingham Magistrates Court was told how the girl sustained personal injury after she fell three metres through a gap on the Tagada ride at Star City in Birmingham on 28 October 2009. The girl sustained a seven … Read
Personal injury lawyers have criticised Prime Minister David Cameron for excluding the legal profession from talks about whiplash claims for compensation. On Tuesday, Cameron met with representatives from leading insurance firms as well as the Association of British Insurers (ABI) for a ‘summit’ to discuss how to tackle the rising cost of car insurance. Cameron has previously stated that the … Read
A respite home resident has received personal injury compensation after being badly scalded by a faulty shower. Brian Leek suffered burns to 13 per cent of his body after a shower at the respite home on the Isle of Wight released scalding hot water. The 76-year-old was taken to St Mary’s Hospital but was then transferred to the specialist burns … Read
MoJ Increases Threshold For Employer, Public Liability and Personal Injury Claims Proposals by the Ministry of Justice intended to speed up the civil litigation process have been criticised by personal injury solicitors. Kenneth Clarke plans to raise the level of claims that can be dealt with by the MoJ portal scheme, which will now apply to road traffic accidents and … Read
Government Warned That Banning Personal Injury Solicitors Adverts Would Reduce NHS Income The government has been warned that banning personal injury solicitors from advertising in NHS hospitals is unworkable and counter-productive. Last week, health minister Simon Burns said that he would be writing to Sir David Nicholson, the chief executive of the NHS, to demand that advertisements from solicitors are taken … Read