A John Lewis worker who was left with a brain injury after slipping on a wet floor is suing the department store for more than £50,000. Ronald Catchick claims he still has headaches, dizziness and memory problems after he fell at the Watford branch. Mr Catchick, 67, from Chorleywood, is claiming damages from John Lewis [...]
A SCHOOLGIRL who was injured in a road accident on the outskirts of Newcastle West more than four years has been awarded €25,000 in damages. The girl, who is now aged 17, was a rear seat passenger in a car being driven by her mother at Rooska, Newcastle West on April 29, 2010. According to [...]
Jules Bianchi underwent surgery after suffering a severe head injury during an accident at Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix. Bianchi crashed into a recovery vehicle on lap 43 of the race as it was lifting Adrian Sutil's crashed Sauber out of the way. A medical team arrived on the scene soon after and took him to [...]
Almost four months after the six-car accident on the New Jersey Turnpike that sent Tracy Morgan to the hospital and killed a fellow passenger, the famed comedian is still "struggling to recover," his lawyer said. Benedict Morelli, Morgan's lawyer, was shocked and "very upset" when Walmart filed a response to his client's lawsuit in New [...]
The instructor killed in a skydiving accident this weekend on Cape Cod was an outgoing person who was passionate about “sharing the sky’’ with students he encountered at Skydive Barnstable, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Eldon Burrier had teamed up Sunday with Andrew Munson of Nantucket in a tandem jump from the Cape [...]
UK Government figures show that an estimated 7.7 million UK residents travelled abroad in August 2013. Figures also show that in 2012 approximately 70 Brits a week were hospitalised abroad. A survey of 1000 people, compiled by the Hugh James Holiday Accidents Team, has found that travellers are not fully aware of their rights if [...]
A SKYDIVER who was brain injured after landing head-first on a bitumen road claims he was given the go-ahead to jump well away from a safe landing zone. Matthew Lynam, 30, has lost the use of parts of the left side of his body and has been unable to work since the 2011 skydiving accident [...]
When difficult economic times take hold of a country, many businesses take a nose dive. However, this isn’t necessarily true for the personal injury (PI) industry. There are many factors that can contribute to a rise in Personal Injury claims and not all of these are down to the alleged ‘compensation culture,’ which has been stigmatised [...]
"There has been a move over the past few years to make claiming compensation for whiplash injuries almost impossible. The driving force, to pardon the pun, has come from the insurance industry which claims they have been paying out far too much money to claimants who suffer whiplash as a result of road traffic accidents. [...]
Michael Schumacher has left hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland, nine months after suffering a life-threatening injury in a skiing accident. Schumacher’s manager, Sabine Kehm, said in a statement that the former Formula One world champion would continue his rehabilitation at home but faced “a long and difficult road ahead”. “Considering the severe injuries he suffered, progress [...]