Two men in their 20s have been killed in a road accident in Cookstown, County Tyrone. Grant Archer, 23, from Newmills, and Robert Wilkinson, 28, from Cookstown, died in the crash on the Old Coagh Road at about 04:00 BST on Sunday. The car crashed through two gardens before ending up on its side. No [...]
A brave Padiham man who amazed doctors by walking again after suffering severe brain damage in a road accident has celebrated a milestone birthday. Ryan Cooper was in a coma for six months after being hit by a car as a child in 1999 and doctors feared he may never be able to walk or [...]
It is unlikely racing legend Michael Schumacher will ever recover from the skiing accident that has left him in a coma, according to Formula One's former chief doctor. Doctor Gary Hartstein, who was F1 medical delegate until 2012, said: "As time goes on, it becomes less and less likely that Michael will emerge to any [...]
The Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 changed the monetary limits on the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court and District Court in civil proceedings to €75,000 and €15,000 respectively. In personal injury actions, the revised monetary jurisdiction limit of the Circuit Court will be €60,000. The new limits came into effect on 31 July [...]
The Supreme Court in the UK has given a landmark ruling that a woman should not be bound by an agreement to settle her personal injury claim. Joanne Dunhill had settled her case for £12,500 after she suffered a severe head injury in a collision in Sheffield with a motorcycle in 1999. The claim was [...]
We’ve all heard the one about the lady that sued McDonald’s after spilling hot coffee all over herself back in 1992. But hers is far from the most ridiculous case brought to court over the past few decades. Stella Liebeck’s coffee case was, in fact, much more serious than the public gave her credit for. [...]
Medical expenses reported by auto injury claimants continue to increase faster than the rate of inflation, in spite of the fact that the severity of the injuries themselves remain on a downward trend. A new study by the Insurance Research Council (IRC) found that from 2007 to 2012, average claimed economic losses (which include expenses [...]
A teacher has been awarded £230,000 after he slipped on a sachet of tomato ketchup in a school corridor. He suffered severe injuries in the fall as he was walking out of the staff room at a secondary school in Essex. The personal injury claim was settled outside court by council chiefs who believed they [...]
Currently, only 23% of new vehicles available in the U.K. have AEB fitted as standard or as an option, notes an ABI statement issued last week. This is despite research from The Motor Insurance Repair and Research Centre (Thatcham) demonstrating that AEB could lead to an 18% reduction in personal injury claims following road traffic [...]
LIMERICK recorded the highest number of personal injuries claim per head of population in 2013, the Injuries Board has revealed. Limerick accounted for 788 of the 10,000 personal injury awards made in Ireland last year when the total payout amounted to more than €240 million. This represented a 12 per cent increase from the previous [...]