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School accidents and abuse costing half a million pounds in compensation

Posted: 7 September 2015

Posted in: Foot Injuries, Public Place Accidents, School Accidents

According to figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request, councils across the country have paid out almost half a million pounds to injured pupils in the last three years. Payouts included £21,845 to a student who suffered a playground injury due to ‘inadequate supervision’, and £13,358 to a pupil who suffered injury after having their foot trapped in a defective door. The largest payout went to a group of pupils over “sexual abuse by teacher”. A total of £426,283 was paid out by Suffolk County Council, with a spokeswoman…

Warehouse worker wins damages after fall from height causes him to lose leg

Posted: 30 August 2015

Posted in: Falls from Heights, Foot Injuries, Leg Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A warehouse worker from Plymouth has been awarded more than £500,000 in compensation after falling from a height, causing him to have his leg amputated. 47-year-old Mark Jeffery fell while cleaning out the guttering of his employer’s Plymouth-based premises ten years ago, leaving him with a shattered leg, ankle and foot. Following a total of thirteen operations to recover his leg, eight years later Mr Jeffery was forced to have his lower leg amputated. Before his accident, Mr Jeffery was described as a ‘fit and active man’, always taking part…

Child wins £250,000 in compensation after accident at school

Posted: 9 June 2015

Posted in: Foot Injuries, Public Place Accidents, School Accidents

A Leicester pupil has been awarded £250,000 in compensation for their serious injury at school. The case was brought forward following a Freedom of Information request, yet Leicester City Council has refused to provide any information on the case, including who the child was, what school it happened at, and the extent of the injury. The authority said that providing any information whatsoever could damage the anonymity of the child. What the Freedom of Information request did uncover is that the incident happened in 2008, and that compensation was only…

Leg, Ankle, Foot, and Hip Injury Claims in Bristol

Posted in: Foot Injuries, Hip Injuries, Leg Injuries, Personal Injury

Call for accident claims in Bristol. If you have injured your hip, leg, ankle, foot, knee, or toes in an accident then you could be due personal injury compensation. Our friendly team of specialists will be able to quickly tell you whether you are eligible in just one phone call. We work on a strict no win no fee* approach as we believe everyone in Bristol should have access to the legal system and justice. We can help Bristol people claim compensation for the following types of injury claim. Ankle…

Nurse wins compensation following holiday slip

Posted: 28 October 2014

Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad, Foot Injuries, Leg Injuries, Public Place Accidents

A former nurse has been awarded £225,000 in compensation after she was forced to leave her job following a serious fall on holiday. 58-year-old Kathleen Powell had been a nurse for the army when she went on holiday to Tenerife in 2006. The accident happened during a salsa dancing class when she slipped on a wet floor, around which were no warning signs. Ms Powell suffered three broken bones in her leg and two broken toes. She is still in pain eight years after the accident happened. The mother from…

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)…

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…

Company fined for worker's injuries

Posted: 18 April 2013

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Falls from Heights, Foot Injuries, Hip Injuries, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A self-employed roofer has been fined after an employee suffered major injuries falling through a skylight at a Nuneaton industrial estate. The employee was re-cladding the asbestos roof when he fell seven metres to the factory floor below. He fractured his pelvis, back and foot and was unable to work for several months. The self-employed roofer was responsible for the work and was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an investigation found he failed to do enough to prevent or mitigate the fall. He was fined £1,000…