On 13^th August 2014 Devon’s River Dart Country Park was closed after a serious outbreak of the Norovirus left more than 90 people severely ill, sources from the BBC report. New reports indicate that some victims are seeking compensation for the park’s alleged failure to provide adequate advanced warning to guests who were due to stay there after managers knew of the outbreak.
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Reversing a vehicle requires care and consideration for potential hazards – especially when visibility is reduced which is often the case when a driver is backing out of somewhere. A manoeuvre like this needs to be performed slowly and steadily to ensure that other drivers or pedestrians are not put at risk.

But despite the obviousness of all of the above it is still a common scenario in road traffic accident compensation claims – so read on for your rights.
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An outbreak of what has been suspected as viral gastroenteritis or the Norovirus affecting 800 guests has caused chaos at the Lindos Imperial hotel, according to sources from The Daily Mail.

Amongst the 800 victims are said to be 50 British families in an outbreak that has lasted 10 days and has left guests violently vomiting and suffering bouts of serious diarrhoea at the £200 per night hotel on the Greek Island of Rhodes.

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Slipping on a liquid substance on the floor – whether it’s simply water, oil, juice, or perhaps some trodden on fruit or food – will likely result in some form of injury. Whether you’ve hit the ground and bruised or broken limbs or even where the slip has caused a twisting injury to an ankle or the back perhaps, it can be a painful experience to go through.

So what happens if you slip on a liquid in a public place like a shop or a supermarket, or perhaps if you have slipped on liquid at work? Can you make a claim for a slipping injury compensation?
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Most fractures can cause a significant degree of disability, discomfort, and loss of amenity. A broken wrist will normally put most people out of work for at least a few weeks in even the simplest of cases.

So if you have been the victim of a broken wrist injury and you think you may be able to make a claim for personal injury compensation, read on for what you need to know when it comes to what you can claim for and what you can expect to receive.
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Decorators, or any other workers who are carrying out jobs on homes or other places where people will be, have a clear duty to ensure that their working activities do not cause harm to anyone. When it comes to decorators there are plenty of hazards they can create – although as long as they stick to their legal obligations there shouldn’t be any problems.

But when they fail to take all reasonable steps to prevent an accident occurring they can be liable to compensate an injured victim.
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Mr Z was working as a chef for the Defendant where he was often required to lift heavy items such as large sacks of potatoes. Despite requests, he was never provided with appropriate help for assistance for such tasks resulting in an enlarged hernia in the abdomen.

Lifting and carrying tasks in the workplace are normally very dangerous – so read on for what happened in the case of Mr Z.
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Ever since the government changed the law in April 2013 there has been a great deal of confusion over why innocent accident victims are losing some of their payout. The gist of things is that the government have stopped you from recovering all of your legal fees from the opponent.

So why is it that in even the most straightforward of claims you may still face a deduction?
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Now before you wonder how someone can sue for a trip on their own property, I need to let you know a little more about the background of this one.

Mrs S was the victim of a defective pathway trip in her back garden as the pathway was in considerable disrepair. The property was a rented property and as such there is a duty on the landlord to ensure their tenants are reasonably safe.

There was knowledge of an issue and it was not acted upon – unfortunately Mrs S fell victim to a large defect on the pathway which resulted in considerable damage to her teeth.
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There are plenty health and safety rules and regulations we have in place that employers are legally bound to adhere to. But despite our country’s fairly sterling reputation for safety we still take on and win large volumes of cases for falls from height in the workplace.

So let’s look at some of the regulations and where you may be entitled to make a workplace claim for personal injury compensation. You could be entitled to thousands of pounds from a falling accident in the workplace.

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