The use of iPods and other hand held gadgets is causing an increasing number of Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs), says the Automobile Association (AA), who is describing the problem facing road users and pedestrians variously as ‘iPod oblivion’ and the curse of the ‘iPod Zombies.’ Texting while driving or walking, listening to music players, using mobile phones and other hand held technologies such as electronic organisers is a growing concern for the AA, which is warning the public about just how lethal such practices can be, especially ...
Workers suffering from asbestos related disease can apply for a £5,000 injury compensation payment, the Ministry of Justice has announced. The Ministry of Justice are in a position to start accepting claims. The announcement follows a long running saga in which the previous Government was accused of abandoning victims suffering from asbestos related illnesses after it announced earlier this year that it would not change a Law Lords ruling preventing sufferers of pleural plaques from claiming compensation. Pleural plaques are a scarring of the lungs which shows exposure ...
Five companies have been ordered to pay a combined total of £9.5 million following the devastating fire and explosion at Buncefield Oil Storage Depot in 2005, the largest peacetime explosion in British history. The firms were sentenced at St Albans Crown Court following a joint prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive and the Environment Agency. Around 5.30am, December 11 2005, an industrial petrol storage tank operated by HOSL started to overflow, in part due to a failure of two critical safety systems - an internal fuel levels gauge ...
A woman has received a multi-million pound personal injury compensation settlement, after she suffered severe whiplash injuries when her vehicle collided with a dead horse. The $2.7 million injury compensation settlement is thought to be the highest linked to an animal compensation claim. The woman suffered permanent full-body whiplash injuries in the crash, and still requires strong pain relief and treatment for her injuries. It is thought to be one of the biggest personal injury settlements, resulting from an accident involving a horse or some form of livestock. The horse had been previously hit ...
More than £15 million in personal injury compensation has been claimed over the past five years by prisoners in UK jails, according to information obtained following Freedom of Information (FoI) requests. The numbers of compensation claims instigated against the prison authorities has also been rising, the numbers of claims nearly doubling since 2005. And according to the latest figures the number of compensation claims made by prisoners is set to escalate even more in the next few years. Prisoners can legally make a claim for compensation. If the prison authorities fail in ...
