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1. Farm Accidents

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Farm Accident News Updates Farming is one of the most dangerous industries to work in, and each year many are injured or killed in farm accidents.  If you have been injured in a ...

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2. Cycling Accidents

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... effect of increasing cycling accidents.  The good news is that those of you that have been the victim of a cycling accident in the last three years can claim compensation if that accident wasn't ...

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3. Cosmetic Surgery

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Cosmetic Surgery News Updates Cosmetic surgery has become very popular in recent years as many want to change the way they look in order to hide a personal injury or to boost their confidence.  ...

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4. 2012 record year for teachers’ compensation payouts

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A teaching union has reported record amounts paid out in criminal injury compensation, unfair dismissal and workplace accident compensation last year as a result of incidents at school. The NASUWT won ...

Created on 29 April 2013

5. Man receives £5,000 criminal injury compensation following nightclub attack

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The victim was punched by a 20 year old man rendering him unconscious and requiring surgery for a broken jaw. His attacker has been ordered to pay £5,000 criminal injury compensation. The court heard ...

Created on 29 April 2013

6. Airport Baggage Handler Wins Accident at Work Claim

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The man from Braintree in Essex had worked for Swissport, the air cargo company, for over 10 years when the driver of a buggy crashed into the luggage trolley where he was working, sending him flying backwards ...

Created on 23 April 2013

7. Fall at work leaves man blind in one eye

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A worker suffered serious head injuries which left him blind in one eye following a fall through a fragile barn roof. The 31-year-old man was carrying out repairs to the roof when a corrugated panel ...

Created on 02 April 2013

8. Study reveals more cyclists being injured by open car doors

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Recent figures show that motorists in the UK caused 595 door-related cycling accidents in 2011, up from 413 in 2009, growth of over a quarter in just 2 years. Road safety groups have highlighted the ...

Created on 22 March 2013

9. Dental negligence compensation claim reaches High Court

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A 58 year old woman from the North West is taking legal action against her dentist after he failed to diagnose cancer, instead recommending management of the complaint with mouthwash. The woman first ...

Created on 08 February 2013

10. £7.1 million damages after 14 year battle

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The mother of a teenager who was left brain damaged has successfully claimed £7.1million in damages after a 14 year battle with the hospital for medical negligence compensation. Her son Charlie was born ...

Created on 28 January 2013

11. £9,000 Dental negligence compensation awarded to Manchester man

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... 15 years. The hospital admitted the mistake and the compensation was agreed in an out of court settlement. NHS bosses said action had been taken to prevent this from happening again and a spokesman ...

Created on 04 January 2013

12. Family look to make compensation claim after fatal farm accident in Shropshire

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A family based in the UK are looking to make a compensation claim after they lost their father and husband in a fatal accident. The 48-year-old was killed whilst operating machinery at a farm in Shropshire ...

Created on 18 December 2012

13. Postman wins thousands in compensation for "slippery" boots

(Work Accidents)

... one of his rounds in rainy conditions when he slipped over and fractured his ankle on a metal manhole cover. The 65-year-old was using boots which had been issued to him by his employer in 2007. However ...

Created on 18 December 2012

14. Fast-food worker wins £3k in compensation after unfair dismissal

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A member of staff at a high-street fast-food restaurant has won £3000 in compensation after being fired for sprinkling too much chocolate on an ice-cream. The 19-year-old woman was fired for gross misconduct ...

Created on 18 December 2012

15. Ex-paramedic seeks more than £4million in compensation

(Motorbike Accidents)

... off his leg at the thigh in the crash in Walsall. The 50-year-old could have died if it wasn't for the quick thinking of an off-duty Police officer who applied pressure on the wound until emergency services ...

Created on 18 December 2012

16. Drunk driver who crashed car gives warning message to fellow road users

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... I owned, I still had them after that period of time for about 12 months and then I put them into liquidation because I had lost so much money,'' he said. "So everything I was working up to for 11 years ...

Created on 11 December 2012

17. Drunk driver who crashed car gives warning message to fellow road users

(Car Accidents)

... I owned, I still had them after that period of time for about 12 months and then I put them into liquidation because I had lost so much money,'' he said. "So everything I was working up to for 11 years ...

Created on 11 December 2012

18. Man in hospital after motorbike accident on rural road

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A 39-year-old man has suffered incapacitating injuries after being thrown from his motorbike on a rural country lane. The rider was air-lifted to a local hospital shortly after the incident where he ...

Created on 10 December 2012

19. Demolition company fined after worker is seriously injured

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... on the man working below. The 33-year-old, who has requested that his name stay unknown, sustained multiple serious injuries when a two-tonne concrete slab landed on his work vehicle. The injuries ...

Created on 10 December 2012

20. Man sacked after endangering colleagues life at work

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A man has been sacked after he endangered his colleagues life by making him climb onto a forklift truck to retrieve a pallet, a tribunal has heard. The 64-year-old was sacked from Countrywide Farmers ...

Created on 28 November 2012