by Russell Worth | May 3, 2017 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Brain Injuries, Head Injuries, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident
A London Girl’s School has been fined and ordered to pay all the prosecution costs after one of its teachers was seriously injured in a fall from height in the school’s drama studio. Westminster Magistrates Court heard how the teacher was conducting rigging and...
by Russell Worth | Mar 21, 2017 | Accident Claims, Back Injury, Brain Injuries, Car Accidents, Personal Injury
A young girl is to receive one of the biggest ever awards for compensation after a car accident left her seriously disabled. The girl, who is still less than ten years old, was a toddler at the time of the incident. She was a passenger in her parents’ stationary...
by Russell Worth | Mar 7, 2017 | Accident Claims, Brain Injuries, Head Injuries, Personal Injury
An estate agents company from Wiltshire has been fined £200,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £2,500 after a member of the public whom they were showing around a house, fell 30 feet down a well. Swindon Magistrates Court heard how while looking around a house, a...
by Russell Worth | Jan 31, 2017 | Accident at Work, Brain Injuries, Head Injuries, Personal Injury
In cartoons when someone gets hit on the head they likely develop a lump that looks – depending on the cartoon – a bit like a golf ball. As surprising as it may seem, that is potentially the best outcome from a knock to the head; it shows that any swelling is...
by Russell Worth | Dec 19, 2016 | Accident at Work, Brain Injuries, Ladder Fall Accident
The truck, bus and plant division of the vehicle manufacturer Volvo has been fined £900,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £6,000 after one of its workers fell from a ladder and suffered life-changing injuries. The employee was servicing a large delivery truck at...
by Russell Worth | Jun 6, 2016 | Accident at Work, Back Injury, Brain Injuries, Claims, Factory Accidents, Injury at Work, Personal Injury
A Derbyshire waste management company has been fined £300,000 and ordered to pay costs of a further £50,000 after one of its workers was crushed to death between two vehicles. Derby Crown Court heard how 39-year-old employee Matthew Lambert was in the process of...
