by Russell Worth | Mar 17, 2015 | Claims, Industrial Disease, mesothelioma, News |
A Hampshire man exposed to asbestos through his work on warships has died from mesothelioma, an inquest has heard. 74-year-old David Barclay from Stubbington died in February at a local hospice. The inquest heard that Mr Barclay had contracted mesothelioma after being...
by Russell Worth | Mar 16, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, News
A waste management company in Northampton must pay £265,000 after one of its workers was killed when he was hit by a vehicle at a waste transfer station in Watford. Father-of-two Patrick Murphy, from Watford was struck and then run over by a JCB loading shovel as he...
by Russell Worth | Mar 16, 2015 | Claims, News, Personal Injury
A road traffic accident claim brought by a pedestrian who suffered “significant injuries” after being hit by a bus has been dismissed in court. The pedestrian suffered a number of injuries as a result of the collision, including a head injury but the court ruled that...
by Russell Worth | Mar 13, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, News
An engineering firm in Kent has been fined after a young employee was left disabled when a metal sheet fell on his feet, severing three toes from one foot and breaking all toes on the other. 20-year-old Anton Hunter, an engineer with G&P Machine Shop Ltd in...
by Russell Worth | Mar 13, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, News
A metal galvanising company in Forfar has been prosecuted after an agency worker suffered severe leg injuries when a 500-kilogram A-frame fell onto him from a forklift truck. 19-year-old Robert Ramsey from Dundee had been working at a premises owned by Forfar...
