Injury News

• Family fights for compensation after asbestos-related death

  • PostedAugust 31, 2011

  A claim for compensation has been launched following the death of a woman from mesothelioma, with her family stating it was due to working with asbestos earlier in her life....

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• Personal injury compensation agreed for man hurt at work

  • PostedDecember 6, 2010

  A man who suffered lasting problems from a head injury he sustained at work has now been granted compensation. David Prince, 58, was a reception assistant at Yorkshire’s Rampton Secure...

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• Settlement agreed following student’s death on Norwich to Cambridge rail line

  • PostedOctober 25, 2010

  In May this year Norwich Coroner William Armstrong investigated the death of David Thompson, a 21 year old Cambridge University student who died on 22 January 2009. His body was...

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• High Court victory for daughter after mother’s suicide

  • PostedMay 4, 2010

  The daughter of a woman who escaped from a hospital and committed suicide has successfully sued the NHS trust responsible for her care for negligence. Carol Savage, 50, was detained...

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• Victim of cow trampling wins compensation claim

  • PostedJuly 7, 2009

  Farmers who have livestock grazing near public rights of way could be affected by the ruling in a recent court case. Six years ago, Shirley McKaskie suffered serious personal injury...

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• Doubt cast on intended improvements to ‘pointless’ NHS system

  • PostedOctober 13, 2008

  The Department of Health have given assurances that they will overhaul the system for making complaints about NHS care, after a survey found that more than two thirds of patients...

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