Negligence Archives:
In the U.K if you have an accident, whether it be large or small, it may prudent for you to make a claim. If the injury has been caused by the negligence of another then the likelihood is that a claim can be made against them. The most common types of accident claims are road [...]
A 45 year old man, Gerald Dahlstrom, from Cornwall suffered serious injuries when he dragged into a machine at Imerys Minerals Ltd. in Cornwall. Mr Dahlstrom was placing bags of clay onto the conveyor belt that fed the machine and he was pulled into a narrow gap between the belt and another belt above. This [...]
Previously we have covered falling from height and the injuries that can occur along with regulations that should prevent these accidents from happening. In the case of Matthew Dutton these regulations were not adhered to by his employer and he suffered horrendous injuries after a fall from a 4 meter height. Mr Dutton was working [...]
We have previously looked at legislation and training around working at height. But what happens when this is not followed? A 27 year old worker from Lancashire was employed by Tower Hire Services LTD. He was given a job to work on a commercial property roof in Worcester. Whilst conducting this task he stood on [...]
ABI is an acronym for Acquired Brain Injury and it is specifically used to categorise injuries to the brain that happen after birth. There is a distinct difference in medical / legal parlance and details of injury classification for brain injuries sustained before or at the birth can be found in previous articles. The following [...]
British law enshrines an individual’s right to claim compensation for injuries caused by the negligence of another third party. For example, if a car is hit from the rear and the driver of the struck car suffers whiplash then that drive may be able to bring about an accident compensation claim. The right to claim [...]
