Birmingham Personal Injury Blog
Serious errors in boy’s heart surgery
Posted: February 2, 2015
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
The family of a boy who died after serious errors were made during his heart surgery seeks answers. 11-year-old Bradley Brough, from York, died in 2010 after undergoing three operations in two days at Leeds General Infirmary. Bradley suffered with a complex congenital heart defect that required him to undergo an operation to divert the […]
Read MoreLollipop lady receives seven-figure settlement
Posted: January 30, 2015
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries Pedestrian Injuries Road Traffic Accidents School Accidents Workplace Injuries
A lollipop lady from South Shields has been awarded a seven-figure compensation payout after being knocked down on duty. 62-year-old Eleanor Harman suffered a severe brain injury when a car hit her opposite her home in February 2011. The accident left her with extreme disabilities, including difficulties with her memory. She will require around the […]
Read MoreCare home fined following radiator death
Posted: January 25, 2015
Posted in: Leg Injuries Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death
A care home in Leicester has been fined after one of its residents died after becoming trapped between a wardrobe and a radiator. The Western Park View home is being fined £100,000 after 85-year-old Walter Powley died of severe burns. The accident happened after Mr Powley fell, causing him to get trapped between a wardrobe […]
Read MorePrisoner’s cancer care criticised
Posted: January 18, 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence Negligent Cancer Diagnosis
The care provided to a prisoner suffering with cancer has been described by a prison watchdog as “one of the worst examples of poor care”. 34-year-old James Colton from Swansea died in August 2013 after months of complaining about severe back pain. Mr Colton died of malignant melanoma two days after being admitted to the Alexandra […]
Read MoreJudges dismiss injury in the womb claims
Posted: December 31, 2014
Posted in: Birth Injury Criminal Injury and Assault Personal Injury
UK judges have dismissed claims concerning people injured in the womb under a program for the innocent victims of crime, arguing that the victims are not considered “persons” under the law while in the womb. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has criticized the ruling as defying all reason. The ruling followed […]
Read MorePolice payout £940,000 in compensation
Posted: December 29, 2014
Posted in: Animal Attacks Public Place Accidents Workplace Injuries
New figures have revealed that Devon and Cornwall Police have paid out £940,000 in compensation in the space of three years. The figures looked at payouts made between 2010 and 2013, with £847,000 having gone to members of the public, and £91,300 to injured officers. The largest payout was £75,000 to a member of the […]
Read MoreCoal mining museum fined over death
Posted: December 18, 2014
Posted in: Workplace Injuries Wrongful & Accidental Death
Two mining firms and a museum trust have been fined after a man was crushed to death by a dumper truck. 58-year-old Michael Buckingham, from Grimethorpe, had been operating the dumper truck to move waste as part of a £2.7million project to expand the area open to underground tours at the museum. He died in […]
Read MoreHospital pays out to brain-damaged boy
Posted: December 9, 2014
Posted in: Birth Injury Head and Brain Injuries Medical Negligence
Torbay Hospital in Devon is to payout £2.17million in compensation after a boy suffered severe brain-damage during his birth. The child suffered the brain-damage in 2004 due to his brain being starved of oxygen during labour. As a result, the High Court ruled that he is to receive a lump sum of £2.17m and £189,500 […]
Read MoreSteel firm fined over worker’s amputated toes
Posted: December 3, 2014
Posted in: Employer Negligence Foot Injuries Workplace Injuries
A steel firm has been fined after a worker was crushed by a metal-shaping machine and had to have three toes amputated. The worker, from North Ormesby, had been working with a metal press when it fell onto his foot on 17 March. His employer, SM Thompson Limited, had allowed these highly dangerous practices to go […]
Read MoreInjured engineer wins compensation
Posted: November 29, 2014
Posted in: Employer Negligence Head and Brain Injuries Neck Injuries Workplace Injuries
A maintenance engineer who suffered a severe brain injury at work has received ‘significant’ compensation from his former employer. 65-year-old Tom Williams had to have part of his skull removed after he was tasked to remove a pillar from the ceiling of the engineering stores at Manor Bakeries Ltd in Moreton to create a new […]
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