An elderly woman who was hurt when a bus driver pulled away from a stop before she had a chance to find a seat has been awarded a five-figure sum in compensation, BBC News reports. Mary Steel, 82, fell and injured her shoulder on the McGill's coach, which was...
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Slips on Ice
Slipping on ice - is anyone to blame? Winter is definitely here! Plummeting temperatures brings ice, and then there’s the snow to contend with. Some of us like it, other s don’t. Sadly lots of people suffer injury and losses when they slip on snow or ice. If that...
Halifax Man To Belatedly Receive Millions In Compensation
A man who was badly injured in a collision with a bus more than a decade ago has been awarded millions in compensation after a judge deemed him incapable of independent living. As the Huddersfield Examiner reports, the man, who was aged just 11 when the bus hit him in...
Trips, Slips And Falls Compensation Claims
An introduction to Slips, Trips and Falls Despite statistics from the Health and Safety Executive indicating that injury rates in the workplace have fallen significantly over the past decade, the 2013/14 figures show that falls, trips and slips account for over a...
Disabled Patient Awarded Almost £1m In Compensation
A man has been paid £950,000 in compensation after doctors failed to diagnose that he had developed an abscess on his spine, leaving him severely disabled and unable to work. The Wakefield Express reports that the man – who wishes to remain anonymous – was sent home...
Paralysed Stage Manager Handed £3.7m In Compensation
A stage manager who was left paralysed after falling from a height of three metres at London's Soho Theatre in 2012 has been awarded £3.7 million in compensation. As The Guardian reports, Rachael Presdee, 38, spent six months in hospital and uses a wheelchair after...
Car Crash Victim Awarded Compensation Nearly A Decade After Accident
A man who was involved in a car crash almost ten years ago, leaving him "too angry to work", has been awarded a £4 million payout, the Metro reports. Paul Vallance, now 27, was 18 at the time of the incident. Insurers and lawyers initially said that he had suffered...
Insurance companies slam whiplash claims but at what cost to actual sufferers?
For many years now the term whiplash has had negative connotations that have been brought about by the insurance companies who believe that a large percentage of these claims are false. Whilst a minority may make bogus whiplash claims, the implications of the...
