Pages On: Spine & Back Injuries
An injury to your back or spine can have a devastating effect on your life. From regular back pain to full paralysis, even the most minor injuries to the back can derail your life. Regardless of how the accident happened, if you weren’t at fault, you may be entitled to personal injury compensation.
North Bristol NHS trust fined £1.2m for failing to achieve surgery targets
Posted: 15 February 2016
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Spine & Back Injuries
North Bristol NHS Trust’s Bristol Southmead Hospital has been fined £1.2 million for consistently failing to achieve NHS targets to carry out specialist spinal surgery. The NHS requires that patients requiring specialist spinal surgery should be treated within 18 weeks, however Bristol Southmead Hospital was found to be keeping patients waiting for more than a year. The hospital has acknowledged the problem and stated that increased referral numbers coupled with a lack of specialist staff was the cause of the problem. The fine, imposed by NHS England, comes further to a specific…
Read More£225K medical negligence compensation over misdiagnosis
Posted: 26 December 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Spine & Back Injuries
A lorry driver has been awarded £225K in compensation after GPs on two separate occasions failed to identify Cauda Equina Syndrome. 54-year-old Martyn Wall injured his back five years ago while repositioning road signs from his lorry. When he attended his GP practice, however, he was told it was muscle strain and was prescribed basic painkillers. Due to the delay in treatment for the Cauda Equina Syndrome – a crippling back condition affecting the nerve roots of the spinal canal – Mr Wall has been left in constant pain and…
Read MoreAudience member wins damages following set collapse
Posted: 24 August 2015
Posted in: Public Place Accidents, Shoulder Injuries, Spine & Back Injuries
An audience member of the production Fuerzabruta has been awarded compensation after the set collapsed mid-production at the Roundhouse in London. Nicholas Mackay-Grant suffered serious injuries to his back and damage to his left shoulder when a spinning sail became dislodged and fell onto the audience in January of last year. He was treated in hospital following the incident, but his lawyer said that he continued to suffer for over a year from his injuries. The set for the show had been brought in specifically for the production of Fuerzabruta.…
Read MoreGrieving mother suing Italian waterpark
Posted: 15 August 2015
Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad, Car Accidents, Public Place Accidents, Spine & Back Injuries
A mother is suing an Italian water park after breaking her back on a waterslide while on holiday to grieve her dead son. 45-year-old Karen Mitchener went on holiday with her family to Italy after losing her son five years ago in a car accident, aged 18. During their time in east Italy, they visited the Acquaparco Verde Azzurro water park in Marche, but the day ended when Ms Mitchener broke her back on one of the slides. Almost five years since the accident happened, Ms Mitchener says that she…
Read MorePensioner 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…
Read MoreTesco employee claims over heavy lifting
Posted: 25 June 2015
Posted in: Shop Accidents, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries
A grocery manager who claims that heavy lifting caused him to suffer a back injury is taking Tesco Stores to the High Court. 36-year-old Damian MacLean accused the company of negligence, with the belief that his back injury was caused by lifting heavy delivery cages in the store. Tesco Stores admitted liability for the injury in a letter written in January 2013, however, now disputes the amount that Mr MacLean is claiming for, arguing that the medical evidence does not support his claim. Mr MacLean made the assertion that his…
Read MoreSpinal Injury Claims – Compensation Solicitors for Bristol
Posted in: Personal Injury, Spine & Back Injuries
We know how distressing spinal injuries can be, with the effects sometimes having life-changing consequences. Our compassionate and understanding solicitors** are available to support Bristol residents and workers, plus their families, in making a spinal injury claim in Bristol. To get started, call our number today. One of our friendly staff will be able to answer your questions, plus ask a few of our own in order to assess your individual circumstances. Spinal Injury Claims – It’s Important to Act Now Call now for a free consultation with our team.…
Read MoreBack Injury Compensation Claims in Bristol
Posted in: Personal Injury, Spine & Back Injuries
If you have suffered a back injury through no fault or your own, and it is affecting your quality of life, call us now. There’s every chance you could be able to use our Bristol personal injury solicitors** to make a back injury compensation claim. Your Back Injury Claim: Causes & Conditions Call today to find out how much your claim could be worth. The causes and conditions that our clients have successfully won compensation for will typically include accidents at work, including heavy manual lifting. Other scenarios could be…
Read MorePensioner wins over £80,000 for injuries sustained in bus accident
Posted: 16 May 2015
Posted in: Bus Accidents, Public Transport, Road Traffic Accidents, Spine & Back Injuries
A pensioner has been awarded compensation for her serious injuries after being thrown 15ft down a bus during an accident in Nuneaton. The woman in her 80s, who requests to remain anonymous, received over £80,000 in damages after suffering severe injuries in the accident, including a broken spine and several broken ribs. She had been onboard a Stagecoach bus when the accident happened in Collycroft in November 2012. The bus that the woman had been travelling in was forced to break suddenly when a car pulled out in front of…
Read MoreWoman breaks spine abroad
Posted: 19 September 2014
Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad, Road Traffic Accidents, Spine & Back Injuries
38-year-old Joanna Rose was left with life-changing injuries after a car hit her during her honeymoon in Torrevieja on the Costa Blanca. She suffered a broken spine, five broken ribs, internal bleeding and serious bruising. The accident happened when her and her husband were walking along the side of the road and a car hit her from behind. Mrs Rose is now seeking compensation for the rehabilitative treatment she will require. Following the accident, Mrs Rose was rushed immediately to hospital in Torrevieja where she spent two weeks. Then she was transferred to Pinderfields…
Read MoreElderly patient died after ambulance crew lost keys
Posted: 26 November 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Spine & Back Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death
An NHS report has revealed that last month an 87-year-old man died after an East Midlands Ambulance Service crew lost the keys to their vehicle. The elderly man had suffered a cardiac arrest on a local golf course, Derbyshire golf pavilion, and died there despite having been provided with treatment. The report does not explicitly state that the lack of hospital transport was the reason for his death, but it has been listed as one of the eight EMAS incidents that were highlighted as being particularly serious in October. NHS England…
Read MoreRisk 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…
Read MoreCompany 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…
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