by Russell Worth | Apr 10, 2014 | Industrial Disease, News
A former sailor has died after he was exposed to asbestos, an inquest has heard. Keith Chester, from Bishop Waltham, served in the Royal Navy for 12 years and died aged 79 in February this year. An inquest was held in Winchester on Wednesday 2nd April 2014 into Mr...
by Russell Worth | Apr 7, 2014 | Accident Claims, Industrial Disease, mesothelioma, News
The daughter of a retired industrial worker who died from asbestos-related cancer at the age of 81, following exposure to deadly dust during the early 1960s, has won the right to compensation for her loss at the Court of Appeal. The former painter and labourer was...
by Russell Worth | Apr 3, 2014 | Medical Negligence, News
A six-year-old boy, who was left permanently deaf by sub-standard care he received in an NHS hospital in the days after his birth, has received hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation. The damage to the boy’s hearing was caused by the failure of medical...
by Russell Worth | Apr 2, 2014 | News, Personal Injury
A widow who suffered catastrophic injuries and whose husband died when they were knocked down by a negligent Portuguese driver whilst on a family holiday has been awarded substantial compensation by the High Court. June Vann, 60, suffered two shattered legs and a...
by Russell Worth | Mar 31, 2014 | Accident Claims, Medical Negligence, News
A High Court judge had moving words of sympathy for the parents of a six-year-old girl who was delivered severely disabled following complications during her birth as he paved the way for her to receive a multi-million-pound NHS compensation package. The little girl...
