A six-year-old girl is being sued for €38,000 (£25,000) in Austria for causing a skiing accident. An adult woman is taking legal action against the child over a collision on the ski slopes which she claims left her with serious injuries. It appears the highly unusual case was brought after the courts dismissed an earlier [...]
It is unlikely criminal charges will be filed against Caitlyn Jenner for her role in a fatal car accident in February, it has been claimed. The LA district attorney is currently reviewing a county sheriff report regarding the accident, which claimed the life of Kim Howe, 69, and injured Jessica Steindorff. The reality star was [...]
An "accident" is, by definition, unintentional. We accidentally drop dinner plates, or send e-mails before we're done writing them. The word also suggests something of the unforeseen — an event that couldn't have been anticipated, for which no one can be blamed. That second connotation is what irks transportation advocates who want to change how we talk about traffic [...]
A teenager who was injured when she was thrown from her motorcycle after a farmer left a country road covered in mud has been awarded £10,000 compensation. Carrie Dickinson was 16 when the accident happened just a few miles from her home in Belton nearly two years ago. She had left college early and visited [...]
Your “personal injury claim” is for fair financial compensation for your losses. I have given you advice, which looks more like medical and rehabilitation advice, that will keep those losses to a minimum. Wouldn’t you want more losses so as to have a larger claim? Heck no. That’s about as ridiculous as hoping that your [...]
When building a personal injury claim case, documenting your case is extremely important. Collecting these important facts will help corroborate your claim and maximize your recovery. Here are some of the details that matter most: How the Accident Occurred You will need to document how the incident occurred. Start by filing a garda report, and [...]
A 17-year-old Dutch woman has died while bungee-jumping in northern Spain. It was the second fatal accident involving the sport in less than a month in Spain after 23-year-old British woman Kleyo de Abreu died after bungee-jumping from a bridge close to the southern city of Granada on July 21. Emergency medical services in the [...]
A footballer that made a false whiplash claim after a traffic accident then bragged about continuing to play on social media has been ordered by a court to compensate his insurer, thisismoney.co.uk reported. Semi-professional striker Gary Burnett – who at the time played for the eighth tier team Northwich Victoria – tried to claim £2,000 [...]
A jump in whiplash claims is continuing to inflate car insurance premiums. Drivers are paying an average £367 a year, up 2.9 per cent on a year ago, industry figures show. They are just shy of their 2013 peak of £377 a year. Prices are rising, despite efforts by insurers and the Government to crack [...]
A pilot has died in a horror air crash at a car festival organised by TV star Chris Evans in Cheshire today. News of the death came just a few hours after the crash happened. Images from the scene, at Carfest North at Oulton Park, show plumes of smoke rising from a field close to [...]