Wakefield Personal Injury Blog

Mud and rain injures 1000 festival goers

Posted: August 30, 2015

Posted in: Foot Injuries Leg Injuries Personal Injury Public Place Accidents 

According to the medics that worked at this year’s V Festival in Weston Park, Staffordshire, a number of people were quite badly injured because of the mud. A storm hit the festival on the Saturday, which saw torrential downpours flood the campsites and arenas. It was recorded that ambulance crews were called to the scene […]

Weed killer flame gun proven fatal after man suffers leathal burns

Posted: August 26, 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 […]

Delivery driver loses back injury claim

Posted: August 24, 2015

Posted in: Spine & Back Injuries Workplace Injuries 

A delivery driver who attempted to sue his employer following a fall has had his claim rejected. 43-year-old Adrian Punter had claimed £100,000 in damages against his former employer, Wincanton Group, after he slipped on chocolate sauce while making a delivery to a south London supermarket in 2010. He said that the fall left him […]

Scheduled review of newborn health care

Posted: August 21, 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 […]

Firm ‘deeply regrets’ refinery explosion death

Posted: July 30, 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 […]

Family narrowly misses injury and food poisoning on ‘holiday from hell’

Posted: July 29, 2015

Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad Food Poisoning Hotel Accidents 

A British family has described their all-inclusive Thomas Cook break as a ‘holiday from hell’. Alan and Sarah O’Rourke from Cheshire had high expectations after spending £1,500 on the family holiday at the four-star Cabogata Mar Hotel & Spa in Spain, which were quickly shattered. Mr O’Rourke narrowly missed serious injury after the bathroom tiles […]

Billions paid out over NHS medical negligence

Posted: July 23, 2015

Posted in: Medical Negligence NHS Claims 

Recently released figures have shown that a total of 20 hospital trusts have paid out £1.1billion for medical negligence in the last five years. When legal costs were included in the bill, more than £4.5billion was paid out for the medical mistakes. According to a recent Telegraph investigation, the legal bill for medical negligence has […]

Two assaulted men to receive £100k injury payout from police force

Posted: July 20, 2015

Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault Personal Injury Public Place Accidents 

Two men are suing Dorset Police for more than £100,000 after they were unnecessarily pepper-sprayed after a night out in Weymouth. The two brothers-in-law, John Naylor and Darren Corbridge, are to receive five-figure sums each, and the police have agreed to pay legal costs of around £90,000 following the incident in August 2010. The incident […]

Aircrews affected by contaminated air launch personal injury claims

Posted: June 29, 2015

Posted in: Employer Negligence Industrial Deafness and Disease Public Transport 

Airline crew members, from numerous different British airlines, have launched around 17 civil cases concerning ill health caused by contaminated air. Airline crew members continue to come forward, claiming that they suffer with Aerotoxic Syndrome – an illness caused by exposure to contaminated air in aircrafts. Earlier this year, in April, UNITE opened a helpline […]

PE teacher wins £41,000 injury compensation after demonstration

Posted: June 25, 2015

Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries Knee Injury Leg Injuries Workplace Injuries Workplace Slip 

Following recent conferences, it was found that hundreds of teachers made claims amounting to £26million last year alone. One claim saw a PE teacher win £41,000 after injuring himself during a long jump demonstration. Another teacher was awarded £75,000 for tripping over a carpet. Details of the individual cases were released in April when the […]