Pages On: Wrongful & Accidental Death
Of all the different types of personal injuries that solicitors deal with, accidental death has to be the most tragic. Something has to be seriously wrong for an accident to outrightly kill someone. Accidental deaths are unfortunately very common in a road traffic accidents. There are a very small percentage of fatal workplace accidents, but they are still a very clear and present danger. Even in the medical profession, wrongful death can occur when a patient suffers from neglectful care that could have otherwise prevented the death from occurring. If a loved one has died from accidental death, you may be entitled to claim personal injury compensation on their behalf. Not only will it hold those responsible to account, it will help your family cope with the tragedy, as well as the financial implications.

Death and Fatal Accident Claims in Glasgow
Posted in: Personal Injury, Wrongful & Accidental Death
If a Fatal Accident has killed a close family member of yours, you need a legal team who will give you the friendly support required. As well as bringing those responsible to justice with the full force of the law. Get compensation for a fatal personal injury in Glasgow. Our Glasgow personal injury solicitors will tirelessly pursue damages for your family to make life without them that much more bearable. Contact us on 01418 465 957 to get a free claim assessment and hear about our no win, no fee* compensation offer.…
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Road Traffic Fatalities up 16% in 2014
Posted: 27 October 2015
Posted in: Bicycle Accidents, Pedestrian Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Provisional statistics into road traffic accident fatalities in Scotland have revealed that there were 200 deaths in the last year on the roads. 200 people were killed in reported road traffic accidents, with the number indicating a 16% rise in the number of fatalities from 2013. Despite the rise in the number of fatalities in the last year, there was a 2% decrease in the overall number of casualties and accidents on the road. In total, last year saw a decrease from 11,504 accidents to 11,268, the lowest number since…
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Police Appeal After Woman is Hit by Bus in Glasgow
Posted: 14 September 2015
Posted in: Bus Accidents, Pedestrian Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Police are appealing for information after a 67-year-old was hit by a bus at a notorious junction in Glasgow. The pedestrian was struck at a crossing on Glasgow’s Queen Street, the final turn before the street becomes pedestrianised. The incident, which occurred as she crossed the junction, led to the woman being trapped under the bus. She was removed and treated for non-life threatening injuries at Glasgow’s Royal Infirmary. The road, which was shut for more than two hours, has been an area of concern for pedestrians, drivers and police…
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Police Launch New Task Force to Combat Road Traffic Accidents
Posted: 31 August 2015
Posted in: Pedestrian Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A new police unit has been launched to target the number of incidents and fatalities on Glasgow’s roads with the new emphasis following a number of road traffic accidents in the city. The drive, which is being introduced by Police Scotland will target elderly pedestrians and those considered reckless drivers to try and reduce the number of accidents in the city. Police units will monitor junctions considered dangerous and accident blackspots in the city. The operation will have six full-time officers with other members of the force also monitoring other…
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Cyclist Killed Following Serious Head Injuries
Posted: 3 August 2015
Posted in: Bicycle Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A cyclist has been killed following a road traffic accident involving a van. George O’Hara was left with serious head injuries as a result of a collision on the A79 just after rush hour and died three days after the accident. The 68-year-old cyclist was rushed to a hospital in Glasgow following the incident, with the driver and passenger both being uninjured following the accident. Sadly, road traffic accidents involving bikes or more vulnerable road users are more likely to end in fatalities. The accident highlights the issue of vulnerable…
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Rise in Number of Glasgow Road Traffic Accident Deaths
Posted: 6 July 2015
Posted in: Bicycle Accidents, Car Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Road deaths in Glasgow have risen dramatically with a fivefold increase in the number of incidents in the city in the last year. In 2013, four people were killed in the city; however 2014 saw 19 people lose their lives on Glasgow’s roads. Worryingly, the rise in the number of deaths on roads is not only in Glasgow but across Scotland with the latest statistics showing an increase from 172 fatalities to 200 over the same period across the rest of the country. The figures include the six people who…
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Thomas Cook Facing Legal Action After Two Children Die in Corfu
Posted: 20 May 2015
Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad, Personal Injury, Public Place Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Thomas Cook is facing legal action after the deaths of two children as a result of two children in Corfu. An inquest found that two children had been ‘unlawfully killed’ when they were overcome by fumes from a faulty boiler at the resort where they were staying. However, the incident has resulted in numerous people criticising the travel agent for injuries sustained when holidaying with Thomas Cook. It is expected that the high profile case against the travel operator could result in a string of personal injury claims as well…
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Fatal Accident Inquiries to be Debated By MSPs
Posted: 5 May 2015
Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad, Personal Injury, Wrongful & Accidental Death
MSPs are to debate whether or not Fatal Accident Inquiries (FAI) should be reformed following recommendations from a senior judge. Lord Cullen was asked by the Scottish government in 2008 to review the law on fatal accident inquiries and made 36 suggested reforms in his report to how FAIs are conducted in Scotland. One of the recommendations was to review the deaths of Scots abroad after their bodies had been brought home. It was hoped that by conducting an FAI following a death abroad it would demonstrate how the person…
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Motorcyclist Dies Following Crash on Rural Road
Posted: 4 May 2015
Posted in: Motorcycle Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A motorcyclist has died following a crash on a rural road on the A85 between Loch Awe and Taynuilt. The crash occurred just before midday and came off his bike as a result of the incident. The road was shut for six hours as a result of the crash. A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “A 34-year-old man has died in a road traffic accident on the A85 in Argyll.””He appears to have come off the road on his motorbike.” It is unknown if the incident occurred as a result of speeding…
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Scottish Fire Service In Fatal Safety Failing
Posted: 30 March 2015
Posted in: Workplace Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death
The Scottish Fire and Rescue (SFRS) service has been fined £54,000 for failing to ensure proper health and safety procedures were in place, resulting in the death of a firefighter. The SFRS admitted to breaches in their health and safety procedure which resulted in the workplace death of Ewan Williamson in 2009. He is the only firefighter to die fighting a fire in the history of Lothian and Borders Fire Brigade. “Co-operation of the Highest Degree.” The SFRS had pled guilty to a charge that was brought forward from the…
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Asbestos Victim's Family Take Up Legal Fight Against Factory
Posted: 24 March 2015
Posted in: Asbestos Exposure, Industrial Deafness and Disease, Mesothelioma, Wrongful & Accidental Death
The family of a woman who died from cancer caused by workplace asbestos are trying to contact former workers at the same factory to take up legal action. Frances Hamilton died last year after being diagnosed with mesothelioma, a form of cancer caused by consumption or exposure to asbestos fibres and chemicals. The 75-year-old had worked at the Templeton carpet factory in Glasgow from the late 50s for around 15 years, and her family believe that it was at this factory that she was exposed to the poisonous fibres that…
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Lack of Safety Procedures Responsible For Construction Death
Posted: 10 March 2015
Posted in: Workplace Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A sheriff has ruled that safety failings when reversing a roller on a construction site was responsible for the death of a man following a fatal accident in the workplace in Perthshire. David McClorey died from blunt force trauma during a reverse operation after he became trapped between a roller and a digger. Mr McClorey had been working on a site to raise electricity pylons. Despite receiving CPR and paramedics arriving, Mr McClorey died at the scene. Fatal Accident Inquiry A fatal accident inquiry into the death of the 31-year-old…
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Child Road Deaths And Injuries Up By 3%
Posted: 10 February 2015
Posted in: Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
The number of children killed and injured (KSI’s) on roads in the UK has risen for the first time in 20 years according to provisional figures from the government. Statistics in September 2014 showed that the number of children involved in serious road traffic accidents has risen by 3% in comparison to the previous 12 months. Rose In Each Quarter Worryingly, the figures, which were provided by the Ministry of Transport, showed that the number of injuries on the road were not due to one major incident, but grew in…
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Construction Deaths in the UK Expected to Rise For 2014
Posted: 27 January 2015
Posted in: Employer Negligence, Workplace Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A poll from construction union Ucatt has revealed that more than half of construction workers in the UK are concerned that there has been no improvement in health and safety, The damning results come as workers believe that there has been no effort in the last year to improve on health and safety issues resulting in more accidents in the workplace. Furthermore the poll found that 21% of workers believed their boss did not take health and safety seriously. Rise in Deaths The damning poll from the union comes prior…
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Grieving Family Call for Awareness of Construction Health & Safety Laws
Posted: 16 December 2014
Posted in: Employer Negligence, Workplace Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death
The family of a Sheffield worker have called for more awareness regarding health and safety laws in the workplace in the UK to prevent others losing their lives. Michael Dwyer, was killed when a steel casting fell on him which resulted in him being crushed against a shipping container. An inquiry into his death found that he had not been instructed properly about what he was doing that day and was not properly prepared to undertake the task. The family of Mr Dwyer has called for a raised awareness of…
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New Bill Aims to Punish Negligent Work Practices Resulting in Fatalities
Posted: 1 December 2014
Posted in: Employer Negligence, Workplace Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A new Bill proposed by the Scottish Government could see negligent bosses face life in prison following a fatal accident in work, under new plans to tackle health and safety malpractice. Comes after evidence The bill has been backed by by the UK’s biggest trade union Unite following evidence from the HSE which showed that 40% of construction sites fell below health and safety standards with mismanagement and failure to plan and comply with health and safety regulations being one of the major problems in the Scottish workplace. The move…
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Company Fined £240,000 After Worker is Crushed to Death By Grain Bin
Posted: 15 August 2014
Posted in: Employer Negligence, Head and Brain Injuries, Workplace Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death
An animal feed company has been fined £240,000 for safety failings after a lorry driver died of fatal injuries after being crushed by a two-tonne, fully-loaded grain bin falling from a fork-lift truck. David Leslie was employed by a feed services firm and was picking up a load from East Coast Viners Grain in Stonehaven, when the workplace accident occurred in March last year. Mr Leslie sadly passed away after suffering crush injuries to his head, neck and chest. The accident was investigated by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)…
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Woman’s hospital death could have been prevented
Posted: 21 March 2014
Posted in: Birth Injury, Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A Fatal Accident Inquiry has ruled that the life of a pregnant woman might have been saved if she had seen a consultant after being admitted to the Princess Royal Maternity in Glasgow in 2008, reports the BBC. Caroline McCall was eight months pregnant when she experienced severe chest pains that she suspected might be a heart attack. She was taken to the hospital where she saw a number of medical professionals but not a consultant, and died 41 hours after being admitted. Her daughter, who is now five, was…
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Parents awarded compensation for son hit by car
Posted: 5 March 2014
Posted in: Car Accidents, Pedestrian Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
The grieving family of a road traffic accident victim have been awarded around £100,000 in compensation between them, reports the Scotsman. Twenty-five-year-old Gavin Currie was on a pedestrian crossing in Neilston, Renfrewshire, when he was hit by a car and sustained fatal injuries. The driver of the vehicle was found guilty of causing death by driving carelessly. Gavin’s parents and brother sued the driver’s insurers, who admitted liability but contested the level of damages being sought. Court of Session judge Lady Wise highlighted the close relationship that existed between Gavin…
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