by Russell Worth | Oct 27, 2014 | Industrial Disease
The family of a company boss whose tragic death from asbestos-related cancer was caused by exposure to the deadly substance whilst working in his youth as a contractor for Marks & Spencer PLC have had their hopes of a £300,000 compensation pay-out dashed. The...
by Russell Worth | Oct 23, 2014 | Accident at Work
An employee of Premier Foods, the largest food producer in the UK, has been awarded £4,600 in compensation after he was injured in a fall whilst cleaning a bread oven. Paul Strange was tasked with cleaning the large oven at the firms’ Avonmouth bakery. However, when...
by Russell Worth | Oct 22, 2014 | Industrial Disease
A decision will be made on the future of Heanor Memorial Hospital this week, where asbestos dust was discovered during an inspection last year. The hospital has been closed since the discovery, which happened during a routine inspection by staff. Services were...
by Russell Worth | Oct 22, 2014 | Medical Negligence
The NHS is to recruit around 260 additional doctors this winter, in an effort to ease the pressure on England’s accident and emergency units, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said. An aging population is putting pressure on services, the Department of Health said, and...
by Russell Worth | Oct 16, 2014 | Accident at Work
The widow of a utility company worker who died from a blood clot three weeks after being laid up by a ‘sore knee’ has failed to convince a judge that his enforced immobility was the result of an avoidable slipping accident at work. The widow had sought almost £290,000...
by Russell Worth | Oct 15, 2014 | Medical Negligence
A study of lung cancer cases in Britain has suggested doctors are “missing opportunities” in identifying lung cancer early, meaning one in three sufferers of the disease dies within 90 days of being diagnosed. The study, carried out by scientists at the University of...
