by Russell Worth | Mar 14, 2014 | Medical Negligence, News
The Court of Appeal has cut through a ‘procedural muddle’ and breathed new life into a substantial damages claim brought by a woman who alleges that her life has been blighted by constant pain since she underwent a hysterectomy at an NHS hospital. The...
by Russell Worth | Mar 14, 2014 | Accident at Work, News
A heating, ventilation and air conditioning firm in Wednesbury has been fined thousands of pounds after a man was crushed to death whilst working in its warehouse. 58-year-old Ronald Meese, who was the company’s production supervisor, had been stacking metal tubes in...
by Russell Worth | Mar 12, 2014 | Accident at Work, News
A builder has been fined by Westminster Magistrates’ Court after two workers received second degree chemical burns from working in wet concrete for more than four hours. One of the workers who received severe chemical burns to both ankles required skin grafts...
by Russell Worth | Mar 7, 2014 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, News
The BBC news website is reporting that a contractor for Crossrail in London has died in a shaft near Tottenham Court Road. The contractor is the first death at work to be reported in the £14.8bn rail scheme. The contractor sustained serious head injuries in the 10m...
by Russell Worth | Mar 7, 2014 | Accident Claims, Industrial Disease, News
Ministers have announced that victims of mesothelioma can receive an average of £123,000 compensation from a new £380m fund. Mesothelioma, which can take decades to develop, is an aggressive cancer caused by the exposure of asbestos. Previously those diagnosed after...
