by Russell Worth | Oct 25, 2013 | asbestosis compensation, Industrial Disease, News
A former merchant seaman has received £38,000 in compensation from numerous shipping companies after he developed diffuse pleural thickening following significant asbestos exposure. Michael Hopekirk, from Sussex, retired in 2006 but spent much of his working life as a...
by Russell Worth | Oct 17, 2013 | Medical Negligence, misdiagnosis advice, News, Personal Injury, Types of Misdiagnosis
Last week, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust was fined after an interventional radiologist endured significant exposure to ionising radiation. Boston Magistrates’ Court heard last Monday (7th October) that the man, who was working with a CT scanner at Pilgrim...
by Russell Worth | Oct 9, 2013 | Cosmetic Surgery, Cosmetic Surgery Claims, News
A leading plastic surgeon has called it “shameful” that regulations surrounding dermal fillers have still not been tightened up. It’s almost six months since the NHS medical director, Sir Bruce Keogh, led a review into the cosmetic surgery industry and claimed dermal...
by Russell Worth | Oct 3, 2013 | asbestosis compensation, Industrial Disease, News
A man from Cornwall has died after he was exposed to asbestos at his workplace more than half a century ago, an inquest has heard. David William Lee, from Par, died in December 2012. He was 71 years old. An inquest into Mr Lee’s death at Truro Coroner’s Court last...
by Russell Worth | Sep 27, 2013 | asbestosis compensation, Industrial Disease, News
A dad-of-three from Liverpool who worked with asbestos for several decades has won £127,000 in compensation from his former employers. 75-year-old Gordon Owen was exposed to asbestos dust whilst working for Cammell Laird Shipbuilders and Capper Pipe Service Company...
by Russell Worth | Sep 26, 2013 | Cosmetic Surgery, News
A former teacher has killed herself after undergoing cosmetic surgery to remove a mole from her face which left her in a “living hell”. Victoria Meppen-Walter, 44, was found dead at her home after complaining that the cosmetic surgery left her with “burning flesh”....
