by Russell Worth | Jul 5, 2013 | Accident Claims
A Midlands firm which specialises in the installation of solar panels has been fined after one of its employees sustained life-threatening injuries when he fell through a skylight at a warehouse in North London. Brian Dolan, from Warwick, was working for Rugby-based...
by Russell Worth | Jul 5, 2013 | Accident at Work, Injury at Work, News
A recycling firm in Bolton has been ordered to pay nearly £130,000 in fines and costs after one of its employees was crushed between two trucks at a recycling plant and suffered serious injuries. The 61-year-old man from Towyn, North Wales, suffered fractures to his...
by Russell Worth | Jul 5, 2013 | Accident Claims
A newly launched campaign by The Law Society which aims to tackle compensation given by insurers has been welcomed by Russell Worth solicitors. The campaign, which uses the strapline ‘Don’t get mugged by an insurer – use a solicitor’, has been launched after an...
by Russell Worth | Jun 13, 2013 | Accident Claims
A family of a woman who past away soon after doctors failed to diagnose a haemorrhage in the brain have received anout-of-court pay out from the NHS.Christine Smith, 67, from Devon, died after trained medical staff failed to give her life-saving surgery.The NHS Trusts...
by Russell Worth | Jun 13, 2013 | Accident Claims, asbestosis compensation, mesothelioma, News
A middle-aged woman who was said to have contracted mesothelioma due to exposure to asbestos in a primary school playground when she was aged 10 has had her compensation hopes dashed. It was the late 1970’s when the woman was exposed to asbestos when in the...
by Russell Worth | May 28, 2013 | Accident Claims, News
A builder has been prosecuted after he neglected the welfare of his workers at a West Cornwall construction site.David Lawrance, a partner at Swiftfix Reinforcement Specialists, was responsible for the building of a new house between May and July 2012 and failed to...
