by Russell Worth | Apr 15, 2013 | Accident Claims, Car Accidents, Claims
A recent case highlights the need for farm workers who use quad bikes always to wear a safety helmet. Phillip Nyhan, of Wotter, was an apprentice for Moorskills Farming Project Ltd. He was sent to work at Runnage Farm, on Dartmoor, where he was given instruction on...
by Russell Worth | Apr 15, 2013 | Accident Claims, Car Accidents, News
A £2.43 million compensation settlement achieved by lawyers representing a successful businessman who suffered a devastating stroke a month after an apparently minor road accident has underlined the dangers of whiplash. Robert Bright thought little of it when his...
by Russell Worth | Apr 12, 2013 | Accident Claims
The owner of an animal petting farm where a number of young visitors were infected with a potentially fatal strain of E. Coli bacteria must face up alone to a substantial damages claim by twin brothers who ended up in hospital. The High Court dismissed her plea that...
by Russell Worth | Apr 8, 2013 | Accident Claims, Industrial Disease
15 instances of Legionnaires’ disease were reported in Stoke-on-Trent inside the weekend, as four increasing numbers of people were identified in your community.One patient tragically died inside the disease on Saturday.Today, three of these 15 are already...
by Russell Worth | Apr 8, 2013 | Accident Claims
A father who claims that serious injuries suffered by his baby son were caused by a fall from his bouncy chair has been denied permission by the Court of Appeal to present a leading biomechanical engineering expert’s evidence in support of his case.The father fell...
by Russell Worth | Apr 6, 2013 | Accident Claims, Back Injury, Car Accidents, Spinal Injury Compensation
A gravely injured road accident victim has settled her damages claim for a lump sum of £1,569,600 and periodical payments of £20,000 per annum, index-linked and tax-free for the rest of her life, on the basis of 75% liability. The claimant was aged 17 when she...
