Wakefield Personal Injury Blog
Attacker to pay £8,000 in compensation to eye injured victim
Posted: June 24, 2015
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault Head and Brain Injuries
A 26-year-old man has been ordered to pay £8,000 in compensation to the victim of his “animalist, frenzied attack”. Philip Cowle suffered serious damage to one of his eyes after gas engineer Matthew Rands hit him “blow after blow”. The attack happened when Mr Cowle was pulling out of a pub car park in April […]
Read More‘Dangerous’ care home closed
Posted: June 9, 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence
A care home in Liverpool, described as “dangerous” and “dirty”, has been closed following recent inspections. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) listed a number of failings at Mossley Manor Care Home, including managers with a “poor understanding” of their duties, insufficient staffing levels, and widespread cleanliness issues. The report drawn up by the CQC highlighted […]
Read MoreUnqualified ‘nurse’ runs botox clinic in her front room
Posted: May 31, 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence Negligent Cosmetic Surgery
A woman, claiming to be an aesthetics nurse practitioner, has been detected as being unqualified to carry out Botox procedures. 49-year-old Marie McGinty was flagged up by a BBC investigation as being unqualified to provide Botox and dermal filler treatments. The Nursing and Midwifery Council has supported this claim, saying she is not registered as […]
Read MoreWoman sues hospital over misdiagnosed fracture
Posted: May 29, 2015
Posted in: Arm Injury Medical Negligence
A woman is suing Southend Hospital after doctors failed to recognise a serious fracture in her elbow. 60-year-old Shirley Johnstone was rushed to A&E after waking up in extreme pain, and despite taking x-rays, doctors sent her home with pain killers claiming that the injury was only a sprain. Six days later, when doctors reviewed […]
Read MoreWoman sues NHS for father’s head injury in dementia care
Posted: May 28, 2015
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries Medical Negligence NHS Claims
The daughter of a man who was left with a serious head injury whilst in care has sued the NHS. 76-year-old Ivor Betteridge was being treated for severe dementia in a mental health centre when a male health care assistant used physical restraint against him, causing him to suffer a serious head injury. 43-year-old Tracy […]
Read MoreTaxi driver ordered to pay compensation to brain injured passenger
Posted: May 22, 2015
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries Road Traffic Accidents
A taxi driver is being ordered to pay compensation to a passenger who suffered a severe brain injury after jumping out of the moving vehicle when he refused to drop him off. 27-year-old Kristopher Hicks was returning from a night out in Bath, Somerset when taxi driver Michael Young (56) believed he was planning to […]
Read MoreSouthern England care homes inadequacy amounting to “institutional neglect”
Posted: May 2, 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence
Following a series of unannounced inspections of 65 adult social care services in the south of England by the Care Quality Commission, more than 50% were rated as inadequate or requiring improvement. Only 27 out of the 65 services were awarded the rating of “good” by the CQC. The watchdog inspected agencies and care homes caring […]
Read MoreWoman falls into hole in pavement outside cafe
Posted: May 2, 2015
Posted in: Pothole Injuries Public Place Accidents
A woman in her 40s was rescued by cafe worker, Mohammad Atilla, after falling down a hole in the pavement just minutes after a man had fallen down the same hole, twisting his ankle. Workers in the area also rushed to help the woman when they heard a loud scream just before 9 o’clock in the […]
Read MoreAintree Assault – man questioned after video uploaded to YouTube
Posted: April 14, 2015
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault
The assault of a 63-year-old man has been caught on video and posted on YouTube, prompting the suspect, a 34-year-old from Formby, Merseyside to hand himself in. The assault took place on Thursday evening, after the Grand National Race opening day festival. The victim was “shoulder barged” in a deliberate attack intended to knock him to the […]
Read MoreCathedral suing the NHS after worshipper claims for foot injury
Posted: April 1, 2015
Posted in: Foot Injuries Medical Negligence NHS Claims Public Place Accidents
A cathedral in North Yorkshire is currently suing the NHS after it was forced to payout to a worshipper who was not immediately treated after injuring himself during a service. Christopher Shepherd attended the surface at the Ripon Cathedral in North Yorkshire two days before Christmas in 2009, when he tripped and fractured his foot. […]
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