Wakefield Personal Injury Blog

Police force pays out £400k in injury compensation

Posted: August 25, 2014

Posted in: Car Accidents Public Place Accidents Workplace Injuries 

New figures have revealed that Norfolk Police Force has paid out a total of £400,000 in compensation to the public and its own staff. The figures were obtained through a Freedom of Information request, showing the force to be in the top five emergency services for payouts. The figures further revealed the force to be the second […]

Children ill from coach fumes

Posted: August 24, 2014

Posted in: Public Transport Road Traffic Accidents 

Over ten children have fallen ill after dangerous fumes were released into a coach, in which they were travelling, while on a church trip. The children were on their way to a campsite in Newton, mid Wales, when police and ambulances were called to a service station in Shewsbury, Shropshire. The accident happened on Friday evening, […]

Music festival worker killed driving forklift

Posted: August 17, 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 […]

FA to research effects of head injuries on players

Posted: August 12, 2014

Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries Sporting Injuries 

A long-running campaign has finally triggered the Football Association to carry out research into the effects of head injuries sustained within the sport. After West Bromwich Albion player, Jeff Astle, died from a brain condition in 2002, his family has met with the FA chairman to discuss what can be done to prevent future fatalities. Jeff […]

Only five of 241 pothole injury claimants win compensation

Posted: August 9, 2014

Posted in: Arm Injury Head and Brain Injuries Pothole Injuries Public Place Accidents 

Recently released figures have revealed that in Buckinghamshire only 5 out of 241 pothole injury claimants actually receive compensation. The figures were obtained by a Freedom of Information request by the Bucks Advertiser, revealing that only a very small percentage of people injured by potholes over the last five years won any compensation. The five successful claimants […]

Commonwealth athlete changed event following injury

Posted: August 1, 2014

Posted in: Knee Injury Personal Injury Sporting Injuries 

Four years ago Olivia Curran planned to represent the Isle of Man in gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games.  However, following a serious knee ligament injury, the teenage gymnast was ruled out of the Dehli Games. The accident happened during a training routine manoeuver only days before the event. On Saturday, however, Olivia Curran will be representing the […]

Council pays out £83 a day for pothole damage

Posted: July 31, 2014

Posted in: Foot Injuries Pedestrian Injuries Pothole Injuries Public Place Accidents Road Traffic Accidents 

A council is found to be paying out the equivalent of £83 a day in compensation due to the damage being caused by potholes. Barking and Dagenham Council has paid out a total of £182,635 in the last six years to claimants seeking compensation for personal injury and vehicle damage. The figures were released as part […]

Police dog attacks on innocents increasingly common

Posted: July 26, 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 […]

Dog owner banned for ten years after 6 year old is bitten

Posted: July 24, 2014

Posted in: Animal Attacks Leg Injuries 

The owner of a dog named Chaos that bit a six-year-old girl has been banned from owning dogs for the next decade. David Rice, the owner of the American Bulldog, admitted that he had recognised aggressive tendencies in his pet before the accident happened. The girl was attacked in December of last year, suffering fairly major […]

Woman fights for £300k in compensation following elephant attack

Posted: June 25, 2014

Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad Animal Attacks 

One of the country’s top lawyers is to receive £300,000 in personal injury compensation after she was attacked by a rampaging elephant while on safari in Africa. She has sued the safari firm and her guide following the accident. Caroline Pratte suffered multiple fractures and abdominal wounds in the attack that happened on an exclusive holiday in […]