Bristol Personal Injury Blog

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

Posted: 30th 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 […]

Audience member wins damages following set collapse

Posted: 24th 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 […]

Wrongly tasered man accepts settlement from police force

Posted: 22nd August 2015

Posted in: Personal Injury Public Place Accidents 

A blind man who was accidently tasered when his white walking stick was mistaken for a sword has accepted an out-of-court settlement with Lancashire Police. The man, who remains anonymous by a court order, was involved in the incident in October 2012, and is still greatly affected by the memory of it. Following the incident, […]

Grieving mother suing Italian waterpark

Posted: 15th 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 […]

Man loses eyesight over toy helicopter

Posted: 29th 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 […]

Cambridgeshire police force pay out over £20k in workplace injury compensation

Posted: 27th July 2015

Posted in: Animal Attacks Finger Injuries Workplace Injuries 

Following a Freedom of Information request, it has been revealed that Cambridgeshire Police has paid out over £20,000 in compensation to staff in a five-year period. Claims ranged from dog bites to injuries caused by a collapsing desk, with a total of 16 claims made since 2010, (of which seven were successful). The force was […]

Teacher to receive £1.5m for workplace harassment

Posted: 22nd July 2015

Posted in: Employer Negligence School Accidents 

A schoolteacher from Bishop Auckland is to receive £1.5million in compensation after years of suffering workplace victimisation. 43-year-old Karen Hall contacted Durham County Council chief executive George Garlick when the bullying became an issue, with the hope that he would take action. However, despite numerous letters and attempts of contact, he failed to acknowledge her […]

Pensioner wins right to compensation for life-changing injuries after bicycle accident

Posted: 10th 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 […]

London schools could be sued over air pollution illness

Posted: 29th June 2015

Posted in: Public Place Accidents School Accidents 

It was announced last week that schools could face legal action if their pupils fall ill as a result of air pollution. This comes as part of the Government’s plan to meet the EU limits on air pollution, with potential payouts running into the tens of thousands. Campaigners have argued that more than 1,000 London […]

Tesco employee claims over heavy lifting

Posted: 25th 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 […]