A motorcyclist who suffered severe ankle injuries in a road accident has won £50,000 in damages. The man, who is in his 20s, was riding his motorcycle in South London when a car suddenly reversed out of a side road right in front of him. It appeared...
Figures have recently been published showing the amounts of money paid out in the last five years by education authorities across the country in settlement of compensation claims brought against schools for trips, slips and falls. For example, Kent County...
A Network Rail worker who was left with permanent damage to his hands after working with vibrating tools for many years has won an undisclosed amount in compensation. Kevin Thornton, 48, worked for Network Rail and its predecessors for more than 22 years as...
A former RAF aircraftman who was paralysed in an accident at a ‘Health and Fun Day’ has finally won his claim for compensation for his injuries more than seven years later. Robert Uren was 21 when the accident happened in July 2005. He was...
A baggage handler at Stansted airport who suffered a serious back injury when his airport luggage trolley was hit by another vehicle has won his battle for compensation. Mick Draper, 68, had worked for air cargo company Swissport for 10 years prior to the...
A lollipop lady who was injured in a hit-and-run accident has won a four-figure sum in compensation. Karen Littler, 49, was helping schoolchildren across the road when the accident happened. The driver of a Honda Insight knocked her off her feet as it drove...
A teenager has won a seven-figure compensation settlement after she suffered brain damage when medical treatment was delayed following her birth. Lucie Ross, now 14, was left with four-limb cerebral palsy and a reduced life expectancy as a result of her...
The family of a former metal tester has been awarded compensation after his death from an asbestos-related disease. Derek Billingham had worked for Lloyds British Inspection Services Ltd. (Lloyds) between 1968 and 1970, carrying out inspections of...
A woman has won £61,000 in an out-of-court settlement after she was hit by a falling shop sign. The East London woman, who is in her 40s, was walking down the street when part of the metal sign fell off the shop front, hitting her head, leg and back....
An Australian man who fell over a pothole and suffered severe brain damage has won a substantial amount in compensation. Kyle Bullock, 38, was walking along a road in Hornsey, London, on his way back from a friend’s house when he slipped on a pothole...
A woman who injured her face when she crashed into a stanchion on a boat during a river trip has been awarded £55,000 in damages. In April 2008, Sinead McGlinchey, 23, was attending a surprise barbeque party, with four other women, that included a...
A former joiner has won a five-figure sum in damages after he developed an allergy to a type of hardwood that could have been fatal. Brian Ogden worked for a joinery firm run by his brother for over twenty years. He first experienced a problem with the...
The family of a man who was killed when he was hit by a car driven by a man who had been drinking has won a compensation settlement worth £710,000. The victim, who was in his 30s and the father of two young children, was crossing the road when the...
A woman who received an electric shock from a faulty freezer at work has won compensation for her injuries. Julie Humphries, 34, was working in a juice bar in Meadowhall, Sheffield. She received the shock in February 2009, when she rested her hand on top of...
A holidaymaker who was knocked unconscious after she slipped on water that had leaked from an air conditioning unit has won £37,000 in compensation from tour operator Thomas Cook. Sylvia McNicholl, 49, was on a family holiday at a hotel in Tenerife in...
A man who sustained damage to his brain as a result of oxygen starvation during a tooth extraction when he was six years old has won £1 million in compensation. The man, now 22, underwent the operation under general anaesthetic at a health centre in...
A former power station worker has secured compensation after he developed the asbestos-related disease mesothelioma. The 77-year-old man worked at a power station in the North East between 1964 and 1991. He first worked as a cleaner, then as a...
A scout leader who injured his back descending a fireman’s pole at an activity centre in Wales has won almost £170,000 in damages. Robert Wilson, 49, fractured one of the vertebrae in his back when he landed on his bottom after travelling too...
The High Court has ruled that a man who dropped his trousers and stood half naked in the face of oncoming traffic in central Leicester is eligible for compensation for injuries he sustained when he was hit by a car. Robert Ayres, a 24-year-old former Royal...
A former steelworker who suffered hearing loss as a result of working in a noisy work environment has won more than £4,000 in compensation. Kenneth Clarkson, 79, was exposed to high levels of noise whilst working at two different steel companies. At...
A road worker who damaged his ankle while working at night on an unlit road has won £8,000 in damages. Dean Ness, 35, an employee of Carillion plc, was putting out cones on an unlit section of an A-road when the accident happened. The road had been...
A man who was left with a broken leg after mistakes during a routine surgical procedure has won a five-figure sum in compensation. Stewart Clegg, a taxi driver, had suffered from pain in his left knee for two years and underwent knee replacement surgery in...
A woman whose husband was killed as he cycled home from work has secured a settlement of more than £250,000 in damages. The man, who was in his 40s, was returning from his job in East London. He had just passed a junction when a council refuse lorry...
A woman from Swindon whose husband died of an asbestos-related disease has won £145,000 in compensation from his former employer. Sheila Simpson brought the case after her husband, Robin, died less than a year after he first developed symptoms of the...
A postman who slipped on a manhole cover shortly after being issued with new boots by his employer has won more than £2,000 in compensation for his injuries. Clive Davey, 47, had refused to wear the boots when they were first given to him, as he had...
