After he was crushed by a 1.5 tonne weight during a check of a recent repair job, one maintenance engineer sustained severe personal injuries, work accident claim experts recently reported.
Monthly Archives: January 2012
HSE prosecutes horticultural nursery for work accident
The Government’s Health and Safety Executive has prosecuted a horticultural nursery after one of its employees fell through a glasshouse roof and suffered serious injuries, work accident claim experts recently reported.
Edinburgh pothole accident claims soar to £40k annually
Payouts on accident claims in Edinburgh due to potholes has soared to a new high of nearly £40,000 annually, according to newly released personal injury compensation figures.
School staffers receive £650k in accident claim payouts
Staff members of schools in Scotland have earned £650,000 in work accident claim payouts, with one teacher receiving as much as £250,000 for a ‘stress-related’ injury, sources say.
Widow wins personal injury compensation for asbestos
The widow of a man who contracted the asbestos-related mesothelioma was recently awarded personal injury compensation for her husband’s untimely death, accident claim experts recently reported.
PM pledges to cut back on work accident claim legal fees
Prime Minister David Cameron has issued a pledge to scale back on the fees lawyers charge in work accident claim cases against employers in an effort to prune back the so-called ‘compensation culture’ in the UK.
No win no fee leads to criminals making claims, MP says
No win no fee lawyers have paved the way for criminals to make personal injury claims for injuries sustained while committing crimes, with one MP stating that this practice must be stopped.
Legal aid bill to destroy no win no fee claim system
Personal injury compensation experts say that the new legal aid bill, once signed into law this Spring, will put an end to the ‘no win no fee’ conditional fee system, which will ultimately result in as many as 600,000 ordinary Brits to lose their access to justice every year.
RTA rates decline on Scotland’s roads with safety cameras
Roads in Scotland that have been fitted with safety cameras have experienced a 63 per cent reduction in RTA rates, recently revealed figures show.
Former naval mechanic slain by asbestos, report says
Asbestos exposure was the cause of a retired naval mechanic’s death, according to a recent Stamford Town Hall inquest.
Son of deceased makes accident claim against Network Rail
After his elderly parents were killed in a train collision when their car was at a level crossing, one man has made an accident claim against Network Rail for the deaths of his mother and father.