VANITY MEANS thousands of motorists are endangering lives on the road by refusing to wear glasses when driving, a recent survey has found. The poll asked 1,000 drivers who wear spectacles whether they used them when required. The results showed that one in eight drivers who are legally required to wear glasses when behind the [...]
A man has been paralysed after breaking his neck in a freak funfair accident at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Robert Sycamore, 58, was injured while riding on a 50mph roller coaster and is now on a life support machine. Firefighters had to him free from the ride and he was rushed to the Royal Preston Hospital. [...]
A man has been found guilty of fraudulently attempting to claim £100,000 in damages for a personal injury allegedly sustained at work. A private prosecution, brought by Axa Commercial Lines and Personal Intermediary, secured a conviction for Paul Gustar on two counts of insurance fraud. The jury at Truro Crown Court took just 42 minutes [...]
A workplace injury can be defined generally as any injury or illness that is sustained as a direct consequence of an employee undertaking their normal duties. Injuries and illnesses at work can be caused by a wide variety of different circumstances, and can be sustained in a range of different work environments, from construction sites [...]
The man killed when his rally car plunged into water was named as Ryan Bradley today. The Co Derry man was taking part in the Down rally outside Castlewellan, Co Down when his Mk 2 Escort crashed into a wall leaving the Lackan Road and dived into Lough Island Reavy reservoir. His co-driver, named locally [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]