Vicarious Liability: Claims Against Employers
If you have an accident in the workplace you might be concerned about who you are claiming against. Sometimes an accident can be caused by a colleague in the workplace acting negligently and they themselves might not be insured to cover against these accidents and not have the money to compensate you for an injury suffered.
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What is ‘Beat knee‘? It’s a joint disease, specifically known as osteoarthritis of the knee. A bursitis (inflammation of small sacs of fluid) develops below or underneath the kneecap as a result of severe or prolonged pressure on the knee, wearing away at the cartilage. This causes the joint to degenerate.
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Man Dies of Electrocution at Marquee
A worker died from electrocution at Sudley Castle in Gloucestershire after making contact with an overhead cable while working on a marquee at the site. The victim was Mr Krysztof Wiecek, aged 45 from Poland. An inquest in to what happened has revealed that the foreman in charge of erecting the marquee failed to implement a new risk assessment when the cables were spotted and instead continued with a generic assessment.
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Pre-Action Protocol: How Does it Affect my Claim?
The early stages of personal injury claims are governed by something called the pre-action protocol. These are specific steps that must be followed prior to the commencement of a claim at court. The point of the protocol is to try and encourage contact and early exchange of information so that claims can be settled at an early stage, preferably without litigation. However, the steps of the protocol mean than both parties are better prepared if proceedings are issued which again means that the verdict on cases should be reached more swiftly.
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A two-year-old boy has been killed after seemingly climbing over a safety barrier and being run over by a roller coaster at a funfair. The funfair was taking place at Ducketts Common in Turnpike lane in North London.
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Once liability has been established in a road traffic accident it is still the case that the person who suffered an injury has to prove that the negligent party not only caused the accident but caused the injury as well. In most cases this is not a problem as one invariably leads to the other. However, there are some defences that may be put forward by the negligent party in an attempt to reduce the compensation awarded to the claimant.
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Falling Heating Duct Injures 14 Children
Fourteen children have been injured as a result of a heating duct collapsing in a hall full of children taking exams. Of the fourteen, four suffered serious neck, head or back injuries but fortunately none of the injuries were thought to be life threatening. The incident occurred in the sports hall of Minster college on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent where 150 pupils were taking exams.
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Liability in Road Traffic Accidents
In road traffic accidents in order to recover compensation there needs to be an establishment of fault. It is usually the case that one of the parties will have lapsed in concentration or failed to follow the Highway Code. But you might be interested to know exactly what the standard of care owed by a road user is so we’ll look to give you some idea here.
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Glasgow Stab Victim in Stable Condition
A 29 year old man has been seriously injured after being attacked and stabbed multiple times following a fight in Glasgow. His condition is stable but serious after the incident occurred on Saturday evening. Police are treating the attack as attempted murder and are conducting door to door enquiries and reviewing CCTV footage in an attempt to indentify the attacker(s). They have made a plea for anybody with any information regarding the event to come forward urgently. They suspect that the people involved in the fight were in their 20s.
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Tanning Salons Feeling the Heat
A 10 year old girl has suffered 70% burns at a tanning salon as a result of a sixteen minute session unsupervised. Kelly Thompson was taken to hospital within hours of leaving the tanning salon in South Wales and would have required skin grafts had she remained on the sun bed for another two minutes. She has been warned that she will need to stay out of direct sunlight for up to ten years.