He told the Press Association: “He got hit by a car back in September, the London Air Ambulance came out to him and put him in an induced coma for two days, a five-hour op to rebuild his pelvis. “He was in a wheelchair for eight weeks had to learn to walk again which he [...]
The truth is that the “fight for life” has become my mission in life since our son Pádraig’s accident in 2013, when he was hit by a truck trying to overtake him with oncoming traffic, as he was cycling to work on Cape Cod. He was spending the summer there on a J1. Lack of [...]
The collection of unreleased material, titled Deliverance, comprises newly-discovered studio recordings from 2006 to 2008 and was due to be available on Friday (21Apr17). The Sign o' the Times hitmaker co-wrote and co-produced the songs with George Ian Boxill, who was his mixing and recording engineer for five years from 2004. In the year since [...]
The judge said that humans have been slamming their fingers in doors since doors were invented and the doors on BMW's vehicles are no exception. Plaintiffs Avi Azoulai, Kamil Cirak, and Reem Haidary and/or their family members suffered injuries humans are all too familiar with by having doors close on their fingers. But rather than [...]
A LIMERICK steelworker has been awarded €675,116 at the High Court for serious multiple and near fatal injuries sustained in a workplace accident. On August 9, 2012, John Gardiner was employed as a galvanising steel operator at Shannonside Galvanising at its factory premises at Drombanna. As part of his work, he was required to move [...]
Mel B has explained in court documents why she was forced to pull out of The X Factor finale in 2014 - and claims she used her return to the programme to send a message to estranged husband Stephen Belafonte. The Spice Girls singer, 41, made headlines when she dropped out of the Saturday night [...]
Professor Jack Anderson, of Queen’s University Belfast, who specialises in sports law, said the vast majority of parents do not realise they may have to pay the medical bills. He cited a recent survey by the HSE that one in three attending one of its minor injury units in 2016 — some 33,000 cases — [...]
Plaintiffs Michael and Christina Francisco claim while Michael was working at a construction site on Aug. 11, 2016, he was cutting pipes with a Hilti power tool. According to their filed complaint with the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, “As Mr. Francisco attempted to use the subject product, its defective and unreasonably dangerous condition resulted [...]
A Garda investigation into the incident is ongoing, an inquest into his death heard at Dublin Coroner’s Court. Inspector Martina Noonan applied to the court for a six month adjournment of proceedings to allow for garda inquiries to continue. The boy’s mother was visited by Gardai at her home in Navan on the morning of [...]
A teenager is suing Virgin Australia after suffering horrific burns to his genitals on board a 15-hour flight. Rhett Butler, 15, claims a 'faulty tray' caused piping hot coffee to pour onto his lap leaving him with 'blisters that looked like jellyfish' on his private parts. He also alleges the flight crew did not give [...]