Pages On: Head and Brain Injuries
Injuries effecting the head or brain are extremely dangerous and can have devastating consequences. Whilst even concussions have shown to alter the mental facilities of those suffering head injuries, a brain injury could outrightly disable a person. Even in the event of negligent childbirth, brain injuries can lead to a life with cerebral palsy. If you’ve suffered an injury to your head or brain, and you weren’t at fault, you will probably be entitled to personal injury compensation.

Violent inmate launches vicious attack on prison officer
Posted: 1 May 2016
Posted in: Arm Injury, Criminal Injury and Assault, Head and Brain Injuries, Shoulder Injuries, Workplace Injuries
A senior prison officer, who was working in the Segregation Unit at HMP Swaleside in Kent’s Eastchurch, has finally received compensation following being forced out of his job due to a violent attack by an inmate. Iain Fleming suffered horrendous physical injuries as well as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) whilst working in the canteen. An inmate lunged at one of his colleagues brandishing two sharpened plastic knives, and attempted to stab him in the head. Mr Fleming rushed to restrain the inmate and found himself instead being stabbed and attacked. The inmate stabbed the…
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Man rescues child from dog attack
Posted: 30 November 2015
Posted in: Animal Attacks, Head and Brain Injuries
A Leicestershire Crown Court judge has praised a man after saving a four-year-old child from a serious dog attack. It was heard that the dog had clamped its jaws on the young girl’s face, so the man wrestled the dog off her and managed to tether it. It was heard that the Staffordshire bull terrier, Bullet, had escaped from its owner’s garden and attacked a few of the children playing in the street. Andrei Ghitoaica witnessed the dog attack after hearing screams of distress from the young girl’s mother who…
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Brain damage victim wins damages after car accident
Posted: 14 October 2015
Posted in: Car Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Leg Injuries
A 24-year-old man from East London has been awarded damages after a car accident left him with life-changing injuries. Jack Mitchell had been studying to become an electrician when he was injured in a crash six years ago. It was heard that Mr Mitchell had been a front seat passenger when the driver, his friend, swerved to avoid a fox in March 2009. His lawyer described the crash as a “horrific collision”. Severe behavioural and personality difficulties The accident left Mr Mitchell with a number of injuries, including multiple fractures…
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Mother calls for improved rugby safety following son’s brain damage
Posted: 25 September 2015
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence, Sporting Injuries
Passionate rugby player David Griffiths was only 16-years-old when he suffered permanent brain damage during a rugby match. The incident left him with severe memory, behavioural and concentration issues, to the extent that he required around-the-clock care. 13 years after the accident, devastated mother Mandy Griffiths has had her voice heard as she fights to see better safety precautions put in place at youth-level rugby. The incident happened when Mr Griffiths had been playing scrum-half for Pill Harriers RFC. He took a knock to the head, but continued to play.…
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Man loses eyesight over toy helicopter
Posted: 29 July 2015
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Personal Injury
A man from Colchester, Essex, has been left blind in one eye after playing with a toy helicopter inside his flat. 26-year-old Phil Shelgrove had been flying the second-hand toy after purchasing it from a friend. When he accidentally pressed the wrong button, however, he directed the toy towards his face, allowing one of the blades to slice his left eyeball. Mr Shelgrove’s friend had warned him to use the toy outside, but decided to test it inside his flat first. After mistakenly pressing a series of wrong buttons on…
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Pensioner wins right to compensation for life-changing injuries after bicycle accident
Posted: 10 July 2015
Posted in: Bicycle Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents, Spine & Back Injuries
A 62-year-old woman from Tunbridge Wells has been granted compensation after suffering life-changing injuries in a cycling accident. Fenella Sinclair had been cycling in her local area when a 4×4 passed her on a country lane, grazing the rear wheel of her bicycle. Mrs Sinclair was left with severe brain damage, several skull fractures and damage to her spine and ribs. Four years after the accident, she remains in a minimally conscious state. After police refused to bring a criminal trail in 2011, Mrs Sinclair’s daughter decided to launch a…
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Head Injury Compensation and Claims in Bristol
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Personal Injury
Life after a head injury can sometimes have long-lasting affects and, potentially, disability. At Accident Claims Bristol we know that the changes to your life, or that of a family member, can be really difficult to cope with even with professional and financial help. This is why we’ll endeavour to make sure you get a head injury compensation package that reflects the true extent of your needs. Make a Head Injury Claim in Bristol Our personal injury solicitors** are selected for their compassionate nature with an understanding approach to the processes involved.…
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Brain Injury Compensation Claims in Bristol
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Personal Injury
Our brain injury solicitors** support families and victims in Bristol. We have helped win substantial brain injury compensation for them. Such claims require a level of expertise above and beyond what standard personal injury lawyers can offer. You will also need a legal team with compassion and professionalism who are skilled at winning high levels of damages from negligent third parties. Interim Payouts on Brain Injury Compensation Amounts Compassionate and understanding solicitors. In many brain injury compensation cases, our solicitors** will look to win interim payments so that the victims…
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Former partner suing NHS trust for £1million
Posted: 26 March 2015
Posted in: Birth Injury, Head and Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
The former partner of a woman who fell into a coma after giving birth to a son, who later died, is suing the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust for £1million. 46-year-old Christian Cooper remains in a ‘minimally responsive state’ and lives in a nursing home after suffering the heart attack at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in July 2005. Her former partner, Julian Harrington, claims that hospital staff failed to explain the possible risks involved in a conventional delivery. Ms Cooper had given birth to her two previous children by Caesarean,…
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Man wins compensation over faulty gym equipment
Posted: 7 March 2015
Posted in: Gym & Leisure Centre Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Public Place Accidents
A man has been awarded £1.3million in compensation after faulty gym equipment left him blind in one eye and partially sighted in the other. 46-year-old Muaro Carneiro had been using the equipment at David Lloyd Leisure, founded by the former British tennis star, when a fitness resistance band came free from its fasting and hit him in the eyes. David Lloyd Leisure admitted failing to discharge a duty contrary to section 30 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 at Teeside crown court. It was heard in court…
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Injuries abroad proving expensive for uninsured brits
Posted: 3 March 2015
Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad, Head and Brain Injuries, Leg Injuries
A new study has found that the most expensive places for an uninsured Brit to suffer an injury are the US and Canada. The study looked at winter sports particularly, with treatment for a broken leg costing £26,000 (USD$40,000) in the US and £15,000 (CAD$28,000) in Canada. After America and Canada, Austria and Switzerland came next in the rankings. The study, which was commissioned by Allianz Global Assistance UK and the Ski Club of Great Britain, studied all the claims made in the US and Canada by uninsured Brits. The…
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Man seriously injures three strangers
Posted: 30 December 2014
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Head and Brain Injuries, Restaurant Accidents
A man has been charged after punching three strangers in the face as they left a bar in Plymouth. 25-year-old Dominic Shorten assaulted the individuals in an unprovoked attack, knocking one of them unconscious. Mr Shorten admitted the three counts of assault against Mr Alexander, Ross Pettitt and James Spingnall on 17 September at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court. Claire Tresidder, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said that the three men had been walking towards Boomerangs at around 10pm when the assaults happened. Mr Shorten confronted the men and punched Mr Alexander in…
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Welder sues firm for £200,000 after being hit by a metal frame
Posted: 29 December 2014
Posted in: Arm Injury, Head and Brain Injuries, Neck Injuries, Workplace Injuries
A welder who was hit by a falling metal frame has sued a Downham firm for up to £200,000 in compensation. 40-year-old Scott Fewster had been working as a welder at a skateboard ramp manufacturers, called Highline Extreme, when a metal frame fell on him. He said that the metal frame pushed him back onto a concrete floor, which left him with severely debilitating injuries. He suffered injuries to his head and neck, soft tissue injuries to his forearms, and severe bruising all over his body. He said he was…
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Woman injured after being hit by police car
Posted: 30 November 2014
Posted in: Car Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents
A woman that was hit by a police car that was responding to a 999 call has been left with “possibly life-threatening injuries”. The 33-year-old woman, who remains unnamed, was hit crossing a junction just outside the centre of Bristol city centre last night (Saturday 29 November). Police were responding to urgent reports concerning a man making threats with a knife when the accident happened. The accident happened around 10pm at the junction of Gloucester Road and Ninetree Hill. The woman is currently being treated at the Southmead Hospital in Bristol. A spokesperson from…
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£37.8 million paid out to patients by health trust
Posted: 11 October 2014
Posted in: Birth Injury, Head and Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence
After a family recently received compensation for the brain damage their son endured following a hospital error, figures have revealed that the health trust has paid out over £37.8 million to patients in the last ten years. Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust agreed to compensate the family of Cody Lyster-Hughes £6.5m earlier this week – one of the biggest payouts the health trust has ever made. Following the announcement of this settlement, figures detailing other payouts were released under the Freedom of Information Act. It was found…
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Council pays out to injured boy
Posted: 28 August 2014
Posted in: Hand Injuries, Head and Brain Injuries, Public Place Accidents
Hull City Council is to pay compensation to a five-year-old boy after he tripped and fell on an unsafe drain. Jayden Willby, from east Hull, suffered injuries after tripping on an unsafe drain nearby his home last November. The drain was highlighted as a hazard to the council on the day of Jayden’s injury, but nothing was done to mend it. Five months later, Jayden’s mum, Candice Gilchrist, decided to take action, arguing that children frequently walk to school on that road. Jayden had been walking to school when he…
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Mother sues over son’s shattered dreams
Posted: 26 July 2014
Posted in: Armed Forces Injuries, Falls from Heights, Head and Brain Injuries, Workplace Injuries
The mother of a young man who had dreamed of a career in the Royal Marines since a young age is suing them for over £1million after her son fell during a dangerous training exercise. The exercise required the men to complete a high-level assault course called ‘Tarzan’. When 19-year-old James Cobby reached the stage known as ‘Jacob’s Ladder’, he fell 7m hitting a high-tension cable on the way down. Mr Cobby (now 22) suffered life-changing injuries from the fall and will require 24hr care for the rest of his…
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Brain injury patients face devastating cuts
Posted: 19 May 2014
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence
Those who suffer with a brain injury are to face savage cuts to rehabilitation services, resulting in thousands of patients being denied help. This finding comes as a result of an investigation carried out by the brain injury charity, Headway, who worry that the cuts will cost the taxpayer far more money in the long run. Millions of sufferers in the UK have been forced to settle for a poorer quality of living after local authority, NHS funding and welfare budget reforms has led to rehabilitation and support services being withdrawn. …
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Dog bites most common in deprived areas
Posted: 25 April 2014
Posted in: Animal Attacks, Hand Injuries, Head and Brain Injuries
A report has revealed that there are three times as many hospital admissions for dog bites in England’s most deprived areas than in the least. The report was released by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, which showed Merseyside to have the highest rate of dog attacks, accounting for 6,740 admissions – a figure up 6% on the previous year. It also highlighted children to be the most common victims. The data displayed a strong correlation between the number of dog attacks occurring, and where the attacks took place. It was…
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Injured teachers receive record £26m in compensation
Posted: 20 April 2014
Posted in: Arm Injury, Foot Injuries, Head and Brain Injuries, Neck Injuries, Pedestrian Injuries, Pothole Injuries, School Accidents, Shoulder Injuries, Workplace Injuries
Newly released figures have revealed that school staff have been awarded a record of £26 million in compensation. One teacher received £110,000 after tripping on a pothole in the driveway of the school she worked at. She is just one of the hundreds of school staff who have claimed for a work-related injury. The NASUWT teaching union assisted many of its members in claiming compensation, winning teaching staff more than £20 million in 2013. This figure was up a third on the previous year, with the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL)…
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£10m payout to brain damaged young footballer
Posted: 10 April 2014
Posted in: Car Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents
A footballer with a promising future has been awarded £10million in compensation following a road traffic accident. 17-year-old Jack Farrugia had been a front seat passenger of a car when the driver lost control and collided with a stationary van. He had been wearing a seatbelt when the accident happened in November 2008, but was left with serious brain injuries and was in a coma for a month. Mr Farrugia had been studying for a diploma in sports performance and excellence at the time of the accident. It was said by…
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Twenty-year fight for medical negligence compensation
Posted: 31 March 2014
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence
The family of a girl who was left severely brain-damaged after an operation has finally been awarded compensation following a twenty-year battle. Nathalie Sugden was left with serious brain damage as a result of failures during a heart operation at Bristol Royal Infirmary. The operation was carried out a month after her birth, August 1994, by a surgeon who was struck off for incompetence by the GMC following the failed operation. Nathalie’s family has battled for twenty years to gain compensation for the medical negligence suffered under the Bristol NHS…
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Family seek compensation for cyclist son
Posted: 25 March 2014
Posted in: Bicycle Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Pothole Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents, Shoulder Injuries
A Gloucestershire family is currently seeking compensation for their 15-year-old son after he suffered severe injuries when his bike went into a pothole during a charity ride. Ollie Pike, from Malmesbury in Wiltshire, smashed his head and broke his collarbone in the accident on the 9th of March. He said that he swerved to avoid one set of potholes, but as a result went crashing into another. He was then thrown to the ground after being propelled over his handlebars. He had been riding on the roads near Cirencester when the…
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NHS trust paid out £24.4m in last year alone
Posted: 9 February 2014
Posted in: Birth Injury, Head and Brain Injuries, Medical Negligence, NHS Claims
Oxfordshire’s hospital trust has paid out more than any other hospital authority due to ‘mistakes and blunders’ in 2013. Figures have revealed that the trust has seen a surge in cases, having risen by 1,000 percent in less than a decade. When figures were first published in 2003/04, Oxfordshire paid out £2.3m to claimants, which has risen to almost £25m in 2013. Figures have shown that Oxfordshire has paid out £113.7m to claimants in the last 10 years. Where the number of claims being awarded has increased, so has the amount…
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Concerns raised over compensation culture in UK primary schools
Posted: 13 January 2014
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Public Place Accidents, School Accidents
Figures released yesterday have revealed that hundreds of primary school pupils are receiving record payouts. The last five years has seen the funding of £3.3million worth of compensation in school injury claims, with injuries spanning from slipping on wet floors to hitting heads on goalposts. Even though calculations lead to the figure of £3.3million, experts believe that the true cost is much more. These figures, obtained by the Employment Law Advisory Service, involve schools across England’s three biggest cities: London, Birmingham and Manchester. Health and safety consultant Wayne Dunning, however,…
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Pharmaceutical firms fined £120,000
Posted: 14 December 2013
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Workplace Injuries
Two pharmaceutical companies have been fined £120,000 after harmful chemicals leaked, causing many staff members to fall seriously ill. Archimica Chemicals and Euticals, both of which have recently gone bust, both admitted to health and safety breaches following the incident. Archimica Chemicals admitted to six charges, while Euticals admitted to two. One of the former factory workers, Nigel Verdon, said that his “life had been turned upside down” after he was left with brain damage following one of the leaks. The father of two, from Cheshire, had been exposed to methyl…
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Scientists reveal link between rugby and dementia
Posted: 5 August 2013
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Sporting Injuries
Although early onset dementia has only ever been associated with boxing, Dr. Willie Stewart – a brain injury specialist – has revealed a worrying link between the illness and many other high impact/injury sports, including rugby. A recent BBC interview heard Dr. Willie Stewart discussing research that he had carried out with a former rugby player over the last few months. He examined tissue sections and discovered abnormal proteins that are usually related to dementia and head injuries. Only now becoming recognised The examined player’s brain showed abnormally high levels of the…
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Risk assessments could have made a difference to seriously injured worker
Posted: 25 April 2013
Posted in: Foot Injuries, Head and Brain Injuries, Knee Injury, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries
A Portsmouth steel manufacturer was sentenced earlier this week, after one of its workers suffered life-changing injuries when he was hit by a falling 1.4 tonne steel beam. An HSE investigation found that the company had not carried out a proper assessment of the risks involved in the particular work process, and so had failed to put in simple safety measures that would have prevented beams from being knocked and becoming dangerously unstable. The worker, a fabricator/welder, who does not wish to be named, suffered numerous injuries including a fractured…
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