Pages On: Wrongful & Accidental Death
Of all the different types of personal injuries that solicitors deal with, accidental death has to be the most tragic. Something has to be seriously wrong for an accident to outrightly kill someone. Accidental deaths are unfortunately very common in a road traffic accidents. There are a very small percentage of fatal workplace accidents, but they are still a very clear and present danger. Even in the medical profession, wrongful death can occur when a patient suffers from neglectful care that could have otherwise prevented the death from occurring. If a loved one has died from accidental death, you may be entitled to claim personal injury compensation on their behalf. Not only will it hold those responsible to account, it will help your family cope with the tragedy, as well as the financial implications.
Fatal Accident in Wakefield Claims
Posted in: Personal Injury, Wrongful & Accidental Death
If a Fatal Accident has killed a close family member of yours, you need a legal team who will give you the friendly support required. As well as bringing those responsible to justice with the full force of the law. Claim for a Fatal Accident in Wakefield with our legal experts. Our personal injury experts of Wakefield will tirelessly pursue damages for your family to make life without them that much more bearable. Contact us on 01924 961 567^ to get a free claim assessment and hear about our no win, no…
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NHS 111 criticised following child sepsis deaths
Posted: 15 March 2016
Posted in: Medical Negligence, NHS Claims, Wrongful & Accidental Death
NHS England has recently published a report following investigations into the death of a one-year-old boy when NHS 111 failed to recognise his symptoms. William Mead from Cornwall died in 2014 of blood poisoning. The report said that both a GP and NHS 111 had failed to recognise his symptoms, and had told William’s mother, Melissa Mead, that his condition was not serious. Mrs Mead was told by NHS 111 “not to worry”, and the report states that William’s life could have been saved if the symptoms had been treated. Press has reported…
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9-year-old killed as a result of sepsis misdiagnosis
Posted: 15 March 2016
Posted in: Medical Negligence, NHS Claims, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A nine-year-old boy lost his life after being sent home from an Accident and Emergency ward suffering from undiagnosed sepsis. Dame Julie Mellor, Health Service Ombudsman, highlighted the case in a report recently published, claiming that doctors at Whiston Hospital, Merseyside sent Thomas Hull home after diagnosing him with a “mild chest infection”. She claims that he was seen by a medic who was trying to free beds up in the unit, and states that more mistakes were made during his consultation. Thomas was taken to the A&E unit by his mother,…
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Man dies of septicaemia following hospital operation
Posted: 1 March 2016
Posted in: Medical Negligence, NHS Claims, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Staff at the Royal Derby Hospital grossly failed to care for Simon Tulitt, 62, who died of septicaemia three days after an operation for colon cancer on 31 May 2013, an inquest heard. Derby and Derbyshire assistant coroner, Paul McCandless told the inquest that the neglect had “directly contributed” to Mr Tullit’s death. Investigations found that correct antibiotics had not been administered to the patient from Yoxall which could have avoided Mr Tullit contracting E-Coli septicaemia, a recognised complication of the surgery. “death directly contributed to by neglect” Mr McCandless ordered Derby…
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Care home boss admits manslaughter through dehydration & malnutrition
Posted: 9 February 2016
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Care home boss, 47-year-old Yousaf Khan, was sentenced to three years and two months in jail by Nottingham Crown Court after he admitted to manslaughter. Khan, of Nelson Road, Nottingham, was in charge of Autumn Grange care home in Sherwood Rise in 2012, where Ivy Atkin died of dehydration and malnutrition. Social services have called on relatives of care home residents to report any concerns they may have following the death of 86-year-old Ivy. Head of adult social care at Nottingham City Council, Helen Jones, stated that most of the council’s…
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Overwhelmed NHS trust's A&E and maternity units “unsafe”
Posted: 30 January 2016
Posted in: Birth Injury, Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Services at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust have been deemed “unsafe” by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and an inspector has recommended that the hospital should be placed into special measures. It was found that there was a lack of staff in maternity and A&E and reported that nine babies had died in the womb in one year. Inspectors also found that patients attending A&E were not always being adequately triage scored, and that timely treatment was not always forthcoming. 23% rise in emergency admissions In its report, the CQC pointed out that…
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“Inadequate and insufficient” mental health care
Posted: 24 January 2016
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Public Transport, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust have been accused of failing to handle adequately the transportation of a mentally ill patient from St John’s hospital in Leeds to a mental health hospital in April 2015. North Yorkshire Coroner, Michael Oakley, described the arrangements as “inadequate and insufficient” as he recorded an open verdict at the hearing. 40-year-old Michael South from York stole the ambulance and crashed into a double decker bus on the A64 at Flaxton. He died at the scene. Not carried out a risk assessment of the patient Mr Oakley…
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Weekend babies have “significantly” greater chance of death
Posted: 25 November 2015
Posted in: Birth Injury, Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
New research has revealed that babies born over the weekend in England have a “significantly” higher chance of dying than those born during the week. The research was carried out by the Imperial College London, which found that there were 7.1 deaths per 1,000 babies delivered during weekends. The study took over 1.3million births into account. The researchers made the worrying finding that if every day had the same death rate as a Tuesday, which was the weekday with the lowest, there would be a total of 770 fewer baby…
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Nurse found guilty of manslaughter of boy with down syndrome
Posted: 2 November 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Following an extensive investigation, it has been found that a nurse was responsible for the death of a six-year-old boy whose resuscitation was wrongly called off. Jack Adcock, who suffered with Down’s syndrome, had been admitted to hospital with pneumonia in February 2011. When sepsis was triggered by a bacterial infection, he suffered a cardiac arrest and died 11 hours after his admittance. 47-year-old agency nurse Isabel Amaro was found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence. Ms Amaro had worked with children for 20 years, but accepted that she breached…
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Child cyclist dies after losing control of bike and hitting car
Posted: 25 October 2015
Posted in: Bicycle Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A seven-year-old girl died in May after losing control of her bike and putting herself into the path of an oncoming car in North Somerset. April Reeves was hit by the car when out for a cycle with her mother in Locking on 28 May. It was heard during the inquest that she “wobbled” and swerved onto the A371 where a car hit her at 60mph; she was killed “instantly”. Following the death, April’s family have called for changes to be made to the road, including the installation of a…
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Weed killer flame gun proven fatal after man suffers leathal burns
Posted: 26 August 2015
Posted in: Faulty Work Equipment, Personal Injury, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A flame gun, typically used to kill garden weeds as a replacement to chemical killers, has killed a man after exploding into flames. 86-year-old Francis Dunlop was a keen gardener and had been using the device in his back garden in Bourne, Lincolnshire when the accident happened in June. An alert has been sent out throughout the EU warning anyone who has this product not to use it due to “serious risk” or burns or fire. Mr Dunlop’s device burst into flames during use, causing him to suffer fatal burns.…
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Scheduled review of newborn health care
Posted: 21 August 2015
Posted in: Birth Injury, Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has announced that it will be carrying out a review of the health care available to newborn and young babies with severe health problems. Where incidents in the past have tainted the reputation of newborn health care, such as the case of Elizabeth Dixon who died fourteen years ago after a breathing tube was not inserted properly, the CQC says that it wants to carry out a series of inspections to identify the barriers that are preventing the NHS from providing ‘outstanding’ care. The report…
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Firm ‘deeply regrets’ refinery explosion death
Posted: 30 July 2015
Posted in: Workplace Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Five years after the death of Robert Greenacre at the TOTAL Lindsey Oil Refinery, the firm says it has made numerous changes and improvements. Mr Greenacre died in an explosion at the oil refinery in 2010, caused by a series of miscalculations. It was heard in court that the mistakes resulted in the wrong flange being opened, causing the disaster. November 2009 saw TOTAL pay out £3.6million in fines, and an additional £2.6million in costs after a Health and Safety at Work prosecution. This came after an “enormous vapour cloud…
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Hospital errors caused stillbirth
Posted: 19 February 2015
Posted in: Birth Injury, Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Medical experts have ruled that a baby girl delivered stillborn could have been born healthy if there had been no medical errors. The mother was repeatedly turned away from Hull Royal Infirmary during her pregnancy in 2011 and was categorised as a ‘low risk’ pregnancy, despite having suffered a haemorrhage only days before her due date. The baby was delivered stillborn. The hospital apologised for the failings and awarded her £25,000 in compensation. Medical experts carried out an investigation surrounding the stillbirth and found that the baby could have been…
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Hospital death rate ‘higher than expected’
Posted: 2 February 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence, NHS Claims, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Recently released figures have revealed a ‘higher than expected’ death rate at a Teeside hospital trust. The North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust is one of the nine hospital trusts identified as having a higher than predicted mortality rate in the last year. The trust’s medical director, Dr David Emerton, said that it was “reviewing the care of all patients who die” following the recent figures. Where the figures take into account both deaths in hospital and deaths within 30 days of discharge, Dr Emerton said that the number…
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British family offered $3m following hospital death
Posted: 17 December 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
The family of a British woman that was found dead after she went missing from an American hospital in 2013 has been offered $3m (£1.9m) in compensation. 57-year-old Lynne Spalding, from County Durham, disappeared from San Francisco General Hospital on 21 September 2013. 17 days later she was found dead in a stairwell. The search was criticised for being extremely flawed. Ms Spalding’s twin brother Bill refused the money, saying that “blood money” would not help their grieving. He said that there are still numerous unanswered questions surrounding his sister’s death; adding:…
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Girl’s parents suing over hospital surgery death
Posted: 4 December 2014
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
The parents of 18-year-old Rachel Bradshaw, who died in February 2009 after a surgeon “incompletely” drilled into her brain, are suing the two hospital trusts for £500,000. The accident happened just before Ms Bradshaw’s nineteenth birthday at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The teenager had suffered liver failure after taking a paracetamol overdose, and was taken immediately to Northampton General Hospital. Her family said that staff did not respond quickly enough. The overdose led to her needing a liver transplant, so she was directly transferred to Birmingham. The fatal accident occurred at…
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Seven deaths while mental health patients await beds
Posted: 30 November 2014
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
There have been seven deaths since 2012 because hospitals do not have enough beds for mental health patients. This has come as the result of mental health beds being cut across England, with figures showing that around 2,100 have been cut since 2011. In one case, found in coroner’s reports and NHS trust papers, a man suffering with mental illness was denied a bed and later killed his mother. A recent investigation established that since 2012 seven people have taken their own lives after being told there was no hospital…
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Tracy Morgan still recovering from brain injury after car crash
Posted: 25 November 2014
Posted in: Car Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Leg Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
46-year-old comedian Tracy Morgan is still recovering from a serious car crash he was involved in five months ago. The accident happened in New Jersey in June when a ‘speeding’ Walmart truck slammed into the back of his vehicle. Those involved were taken immediately to hospital, but Mr Morgan’s friend and fellow comedian James McNair was sadly killed in the crash. Three others were severely injured. Immediately after the accident Morgan was taken straight to hospital with several serious injuries including a broken leg, a broken nose and broken ribs. Five months…
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Motorbike death caused by “not-roadworthy” car
Posted: 18 October 2014
Posted in: Motorcycle Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
After a teenager died in a road traffic accident in August, the man responsible for the crash has admitted to driving a car that was “not roadworthy”. 19-year-old Greg Taylor was knocked off his motorbike last summer after 38-year-old Niall Darvell lost control of his severely damaged car. He pleaded guilty to the death of the teenager last week. It was heard in Exeter Crown Court that Mr Darvell had been driving home from the pub when the accident happened. His damaged Volkswagen, which was also uninsured, clipped Mr Taylor’s motorbike…
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Compensation will be paid following car ignition deaths
Posted: 20 September 2014
Posted in: Car Accidents, Personal Injury, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
General Motors Co has agreed to payout following the 19 deaths that were caused by a faulty ignition switch. The ignition switch was installed into 2.6million GM cars, which meant the cars could slip out of the “run position”, stalling the vehicles and disabling the airbags. Many safety advocates have criticized the company for only recognising 19 deaths, when actually around 100 cases could be linked to the fault. A total of 125 death claims and 320 personal injury claims have actually been made against the firm, but they have either been…
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Music festival worker killed driving forklift
Posted: 17 August 2014
Posted in: Workplace Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A man was killed while driving a forklift truck for a music festival in Gloucestershire earlier this week. The 33-year-old man had been working to prepare Sallywood Farm, Horsely for the Surround Festival, a music festival that was due to start on Saturday 16th of August. The festival was due to see around 500 people on each day and was almost sold out. The festival has now been cancelled. Gloucestershire Police said that the incident is being treated as an ‘industrial accident’, and will be investigated by the police, Stroud District Council…
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Police dog attacks on innocents increasingly common
Posted: 26 July 2014
Posted in: Animal Attacks, Public Place Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
New figures have revealed that in the last three years alone, around 150 people have been bitten by a police dog. This issue was raised after 73-year-old Irene Collins was bitten by a police dog in her home last week. She died in hospital shortly after the incident. The dog that bit Mrs Collins in her Middlesbrough home has been removed from duty, but a decision regarding its future in the service is yet to be decided. It was heard that the dog’s handler, who had been on leave at the time…
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Mid Staffordshire NHS trust fined after death of diabetic patient
Posted: 29 April 2014
Posted in: Arm Injury, Hip Injuries, Medical Negligence, NHS Claims, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust has admitted to health and safety failings that caused the death of a diabetic patient. The trust has been fined £200,000 for failing to provide 66-year-old Gillian Astbury with her insulin, resulting in her death in April 2007. A judge at Stafford Crown Court said that Mrs Astbury’s death could easily have been prevented had she received the correct care. In 2010 an inquest found that there had been a failure to provide basic care to Mrs Astbury when she was admitted to the hospital for fractures…
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Hospital surgery deaths investigated by police
Posted: 24 February 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A police investigation has been launched in Worcestershire following the deaths of numerous patients under the care of a consultant surgeon. Sudip Sarker worked as a consultant colorectal surgeon at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust having already been suspended from the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch in October 2012, after being employed in August 2011. The investigation was launched after West Mercia Police received a letter in December, highlighting the deaths of three patients that were all under the care of Sudip Sarker. The trust said that that at the time of…
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Ex-staffordshire nurse struck off after numerous complaints
Posted: 30 January 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Following the Stafford Hospital scandal in 2009, the director of nursing has agreed to be removed from the register. Janice Harry, the most senior nurse of the hospital, had been given a five-year caution after other members of staff made multiple allegations against her. Recently retired, Janice Harry has come to an agreement with the nursing watchdog NMC to have her name removed from the nursing register. By removing herself, Ms Harry will no longer be permitted to work as a nurse in the UK. The Stafford Hospital scandal first came to…
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Launch of road safety campaign following 7 deaths
Posted: 22 January 2014
Posted in: Car Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Having seen 7 deaths in the last nine years, campaigners are calling for road safety measures to be improved on a road in North Yorkshire. A meeting was held about the road on Tuesday, whereby the Wharram-le-Street Parish Council discussed where improvements could be made. The chairman of the parish council, Roger Kay, said that a certain six-mile (9km) stretch of the road is especially dangerous and requires urgent action. Two women and a man died on the road only two months ago when their car collided with a van on…
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999 delay caused patient death
Posted: 31 December 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
After cancer patient Ben Horne was found collapsed in a hotel room on Boxing Day, his friends believed that he would have survived if paramedics had arrived sooner. Sandi Logan and Richard Hunt phoned for an ambulance on Thursday after discovering their friend collapsed in a hotel room in Southsea – they waited for almost half an hour for paramedics to arrive, by which point Mr Horne was dead. South Central Ambulance had initially categorised the phone call as ‘amber’, meaning that the accident was not life threatening and had a…
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Hospital overdose murder probe
Posted: 15 December 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A Norfolk NHS Hospital health worker will face no further action after being arrested on suspicion of murder through medical malpractice earlier in the year. 76-year-old James May died of heart failure at the James Paget Hospital in Gorleston, after which a member of staff was arrested in October as part of a medical negligence investigation. This was a response to the concerns of a hospital informer, claiming that Mr May had been murdered by a deliberate drug overdose. The case was eventually referred to the Norfolk and Suffolk Major Investigation Team…
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Hospital apologises for fatal drug administration
Posted: 26 November 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has apologised for the death of Colin Whalley after health workers at Whiston Hospital in Prescot gave him a fatal dose of medication through a drip two years ago. Initially taken into the hospital for breathing problems, Mr Whalley was administered a large dose of aminophylline, which was pumped into his body in 20 minutes (instead of the intended 24 hours), which resulted in his death. Despite the hospital’s apology to the family of Mr Whalley, his wife Norma was horrified that she had…
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Headphone ban for cyclists considered by mayor after multiple deaths
Posted: 20 November 2013
Posted in: Bicycle Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
After this week saw the sixth cyclist death on London’s roads in two-weeks, Mayor of London Boris Johnson believes that there should be a ban on cyclists wearing headphones. With many new methods of tackling the problem being suggested every day, Boris Johnson believes that cyclists’ ability to hear could be a highly contributory factor to the numerous deaths, calling them a “scourge”. Speaking to Vanessa Feltz on BBC London 94.9 he said that he was “absolutely terrified” by the idea of cyclists not being able to hear the traffic…
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Hospital death due to missed penicillin allergy warnings
Posted: 31 October 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
65-year-old Susan Hammond died in hospital after staff failed to recognise her allergic reaction to prescribed medication. Mrs Hammond had originally been admitted to hospital with a severe chest infection, but then suffered a severe allergic reaction to the penicillin they subscribed her, despite two previous allergic reactions to the drug, which resulted in her death. Mrs Hammond, from North Clifton, died at Lincoln County Hospital in July 2009 after medical staff failed to recognise seven warnings concerning her allergy. The children of Mrs Hammond continue to fight for justice, arguing…
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New cycle lanes open following cyclist death
Posted: 8 October 2013
Posted in: Bicycle Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
After Jo Walters died in a cycling accident in 2010, her sister encouraged the opening of new bus and cycle lanes in Brighton to prevent further accidents. 28-year-old Jo Walters died after having to swerve on the A270 (Lewes Road) in order to avoid another cyclist. Since the accident, her sister and family commissioned a report that revealed how dangerously narrow the cycle lane was on which Ms Walters lost his life. Ms Walters, a newly qualified maths teacher, lost her life when cycling towards the Sussex University’s Falmer campus when she…
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Private NHS hospital bought over following three surgery deaths
Posted: 16 September 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence, NHS Claims, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Clinic bosses have confirmed that after three patients died at Lister Hospital’s Surgicentre following routine surgery, the NHS has taken it under tight control. The privately-run NHS hospital in Stevenage provided routine surgery in areas such as throat, ear and nose, trauma, gynaecology, orthopaedics, and ophthalmology for referred NHS patients. It was failed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) last year in four out of five areas. By August GPs were told not to refer patients to the eye department at all due to the centre’s ridiculous waiting times. Three patients…
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Hospital prosecuted over patient death
Posted: 30 August 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Gillian Astbury (66), died in April 2007 after entering a diabetic coma at Stafford Hospital. The Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust is to be prosecuted after two of their nurses failed to provide the much-needed insulin to Mrs. Astbury. Chief executive of the trust, Maggie Oldham, apologised for the “appalling care” that Mrs. Astbury had received prior to her death on the 11th of April 2007. Hospital Nurses Ann King and Jeannette Coulson have both been found guilty of medical misconduct by A Nursing and Midwifery Council panel. The hospital will also be prosecuted…
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11-year-old dies after being hit by tractor
Posted: 11 August 2013
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents, Workplace Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Harry Whitlam, from Wakefield, has died after being hit by a tractor at a farm just outside of Leeds. He was injured at around 09:20 BST on Friday morning and was immediately airlifted to Leeds General Infirmary. He received emergency head surgery on arrival, but sadly died on Friday night. West Yorkshire Police have arrested a 48-year-old man on suspicion of dangerous driving under the influence of alcohol. He has since been released on bail until further investigations have been carried out. West Yorkshire Police said that investigations are currently underway and have appealed…
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Petition handed to Downing Street regarding dangerous dogs
Posted: 17 July 2013
Posted in: Animal Attacks, Personal Injury, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Following the many deaths that this county’s seen involving dangerous dogs, the families of children killed in dog attacks have handed a petition to Downing Street, calling for action. Families include those of Jade Anderson and Paul Massey. Jade Anderson (14) was mauled to death in March after four dogs attacked her in a friend’s home near Wigan. Four-year-old Paul Massey was another dog attack victim – he was killed in 2009 in Liverpool. The relatives of these children, and others, travelled to London to hand in the petition of over 4,500…
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Woman plunges to her death at popular tourist attraction
Posted: 28 June 2013
Posted in: Personal Injury, Public Place Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Emergency services were called at 4pm on Saturday after a woman, who had been walking with her partner, tripped and fell from a 100ft cliff. The woman was immediately rushed to Broadford Hospital on Skye, but was later pronounced dead by a police spokesman. Viewpoint for extensive wildlife Many visit the popular tourist attraction ‘Neist Point’ on the Isle of Skye every year. Being the most westerly point of the isle, it is very popular amongst tourists for its stunning views: being regarded as the best place to see the island’s…
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Falling store mirror causes child’s death
Posted: 20 June 2013
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Personal Injury, Public Place Accidents, Shop Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A young boy has died after a mirror fell in designer clothing shop ‘Hugo Boss’. Four-year-old Austen Harrison suffered severe head injuries, which caused his death in hospital on the 8th of June after shopping with family at the Bicester Village fashion outlet in Oxford. Described by relatives as being a “bright and vibrant boy”, he died four days after the store accident at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Thames Valley Police are investigating the death alongside help from the Cherwell District Council, which are assisting with health and safety…
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Remembering those hit by workplace accidents
Posted: 25 April 2013
Posted in: Workplace Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death
The UK will unite in quiet reflection this Sunday – Workers’ Memorial Day – to remember thousands of lives lost or affected due to workplace accidents or industrial disease. Sunday, 28th April, is also World Day for Safety and Health at Work. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is highlighting the day, and the many memorials to workers who have lost their lives in accidents, great and small, around the country. In 2010 it launched a website – www.rospa.com/occupationalsafety/memorial/ – detailing the locations of memorials of all types,…
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Food company fined over worker's death
Posted: 12 March 2013
Posted in: Workplace Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A West Yorkshire firm has been fined £250,000 for safety offences after a gas explosion in an industrial bakery oven ripped through its factory – killing a father of two and badly injuring another worker. The company, which is now in administration, was also told by a judge at York Crown Court to pay £124,896 in costs. Imposing the penalty, the judge said the company had ‘failed dismally’ and that, though he understood the company was not in a position to pay the fines and costs, his judgment reflected the…
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Road traffic accident casualty statistics
Posted: 4 March 2013
Posted in: Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
The Department for Transport has published statistics on personal injury accidents on public roads in the year ending September 2012. The figures show that: For reported road trafffic accidents in the year ending September 2012, there were 1,760 fatalities, a 7% drop from the year ending September 2011 figure (1,883). However, the number of people killed or seriously injured (KSI) rose to 24,860, a 2% increase compared with the year ending September 2011 figure (24,473).Both pedestrian and all road user child KSIs (ages 0-15) fell by 1% between the years…
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