Pages On: Spine & Back Injuries
An injury to your back or spine can have a devastating effect on your life. From regular back pain to full paralysis, even the most minor injuries to the back can derail your life. Regardless of how the accident happened, if you weren’t at fault, you may be entitled to personal injury compensation.
Back and Lung Injury - How Much Compensation Can I Claim?
Posted in: Personal Injury, Spine & Back Injuries
A back injury can be highly debilitating. In the most serious cases, a back injury can result in paralysis. Less severe back injuries can also have a huge impact upon the sufferer’s life with possible mobility problems, incontinence and loss of sensation. Chest and lung claims are often the result of an exposure to asbestos or other dangerous substances through work. The compensation that can be claimed for a back, chest or lung injury will vary widely depending on the precise circumstances of the case. Some injuries can be recovered…
Read MorePassenger Claims Against Airline For Back Injury From Seating Arrangement
Posted: 11 August 2015
Posted in: Public Transport, Spine & Back Injuries
A passenger has taken legal action against Etihad Airways after he claims he suffered a lasting injury after he was sat next to an obese passenger on a long-haul flight. James Andres Bassos from Brisbane claims that his flight from Abu Dhabi to Sydney in 2011 has caused a back injury, as a result of being forced to contort and twist his body in order to escape contact with the allegedly ill and obese passenger next to him. Personal Injury Claim The obese passenger allegedly spilled out of his seat…
Read MoreAlasdair Gray Suffers Injuries Following Fall
Posted: 29 June 2015
Posted in: Leg Injuries, Personal Injury, Public Place Accidents, Spine & Back Injuries
The well-known artist and writer Alasdair Gray has suffered injuries to his back, head and legs following a fall at his house in Glasgow. Paramedics rushed to the scene in the West End of Glasgow to treat Mr. Gray, however, it is thought that his injuries are not life-threatening. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning, with Mr. Gray being rushed to hospital to receive treatment. Police Scotland confirmed that the injuries were not life-threatening but were unsure of what had caused the incident, admitting that inquiries…
Read MoreTrampoline Park Neck Injury Victim To Sue For £100,000
Posted: 20 April 2015
Posted in: Foot Injuries, Gym & Leisure Centre Accidents, Head and Brain Injuries, Neck Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Shoulder Injuries, Spine & Back Injuries
A man who broke his neck at a trampoline park in Edinburgh is taking legal action against the company despite signing a disclaimer. Chris McKenna suffered a suspected broken neck when visiting the park and was one of the 100 plus people injured in the first three weeks of the park opening. The case, which is being launched directly against the trampoline park, could be lodged at the Court of Session by the Summer. It is understood that the case is not a stand alone case, with more than ten…
Read MoreEmployee Paralysed After Suffering Fall at Work
Posted: 12 June 2014
Posted in: Employer Negligence, Falls from Heights, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries
Inex Works Ltd, a landscaping and gritting company, has pled guilty to breaching the Work at Height Regulations 2005 and fined £13,500 for failing to provide suitable safety protection for their workers. In 2010, one of Inex Works Ltd’s workers, Mr Shields, suffered permanent damage to his spine having climbed on top of a gritter and subsequently fallen 3 metres. He was attempting to help colleagues clear compressed grit salt from the interior of a machine used to treat icy roads. Since the fall, he has been paralysed from the…
Read MoreHealth & Safety Breaches Result in Employee's Paralysis
Posted: 23 May 2014
Posted in: Employer Negligence, Falls from Heights, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries
A construction firm has been fined and ordered to pay costs after breaches of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 resulted in a worker being left paralysed from the waist down. The employee of Habitat Construction LLP was working as a part of a property refurbishing team when he fell eight metres from an unguarded window space into a basement. He landed on a concrete floor, causing severe damage to his spinal cord. After a hearing that resulted in the firm being fined £110,000 and ordered to…
Read MoreSalvage firm fined after mechanic seriously crushed
Posted: 7 March 2014
Posted in: Employer Negligence, Faulty Work Equipment, Hip Injuries, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries
A vehicle salvage firm in Stalybridge has been fined over multiple safety failings after a car weighing more than half a tonne fell from a forklift truck, crushing a young mechanic underneath. The 22-year-old suffered severe injuries including broken bones in his back and ribs, a fractured pelvis and a partially collapsed lung. The firm was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an investigation found the forklift truck was not safe to use, and the employee had been allowed to climb under the car while it was…
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