"This is where they put a rod in, obviously the one back here is where the blade cut across my arm," says April Wheeler, showing how much progress she's made over the last nine months. "Everyday I have to look at that and remember the choices you make and remember that day," she says. It [...]
One way is to lend Google Glass to personal injury clients so that they can communicate with their lawyers via Glass to show how their daily lives are affected by their injury. A law firm in Phoenix, Arizona, is operating a pilot scheme with Google Glass, and is looking for ways of using these communications [...]
A racehorse died Thursday at Churchill Downs after a freak fall that the trainer blamed on the sound of a starting gate bell blaring on the track's new sound system. The 5-year-old mare Never Tell Lynda was walking toward the paddock on the dirt track when she reared, twisted and fell, hitting her head, said [...]
Six people were killed and several dozen injured after parts of a freight train derailed and collided with a passenger train south of Moscow, Russian officials said. Seventeen people suffered serious injuries including one child, the Russian health ministry said. A ministry official said the accident occurred at around 12.30pm local time (9.30am Irish time) [...]
The partner of an industrial accident victim has expressed relief that a lack of adequate training – rather than personal negligence – was found to have caused his death. An inquest jury also found that defects on a scissor lift machine contributed to the death of service engineer Gareth Keys at the Highway Plant Company [...]
Two boys have been hurt after a bouncy castle was BLOWN AWAY during 'freak' strong winds. The boys, aged five and six, were thrown from the inflatable as it reached at least 15 feet into the air in South Glens Fall, New York. One of the boys even landed on a parked car. The six-year-old [...]
According to Aviva it is becoming one of the most common types of fraud in the UK and that motor injury fraud now accounts for 54 percent of their total detected claims fraud cost. Over half are from smash for cash claims. ‘Flash for cash’ is another more recent variation of the scam where the [...]
Authorities trying to determine what caused a support frame to collapse during an aerial hair-hanging stunt during a circus performance today focused on a broken clip. The snapped carabiner was found today, as crews investigated the accident that sent eight acrobats crashing to the ground and injured 11 people. At least three of the injured [...]
A personal injury claim topping £54k has been stopped in its tracks by motor fraud specialists Asset Protection Unit (APU). The incident involving a flatbed lorry and a vehicle fitted with an In-Car Cleverness (ICC) telematics device was analysed prior to a County Court hearing where the claim was terminated. The ICC telematics device enabled [...]
A man sat on a bollard during a shopping trip to Cork City only to find it disappear into the ground without warning, throwing him on to his back. Harry Peglar’s injuries resulted in a €7,500 award against Cork City Council yesterday. “I sat on the bollard [for] a couple of minutes and I didn’t [...]