Thursday August 26, 2010 at 10:25am
High volume of personal injury claims increased insurance premiums up by 22 per cent at elephant.co.uk and Diamond insurance company. These two companies are in the Admiral group of insurance companies. Admiral insurance reported a leap in pre-tax half-year profits of £126.9 million partly due to the increase in car insurance premiums that went up because of the high numbers of personal injury claims. The total written premiums by the Admiral group was £556 million in Britain.
Monday August 23, 2010 at 11:44pm
In the case of Majrowski against Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust, an employee of the Trust Mr. Majrowski succeeded in his stress at work
personal injury claim against the hospital. His case was that he had been harassed by his manager and the hospital was found to be responsible for its failure to protect him from work-related stress that he suffered as a result of the harassment. Work related stress injury is increasing and the number of stress at work personal injury claims is going
Wednesday August 18, 2010 at 11:30pm
If you are a nurse and have suffered injuries to your back or you experienced pain while lifting or attempting to move a patient at a hospital you may be entitled to compensation. For your claim to be successful, you will need to show that the hospital failed to take certain steps to prevent your injuries. In one case against a hospital, Mrs Web was injured when with a Sister she endeavoured to move a patient who weighed approximately 22 stone and suffered from senile dementia. During
Monday August 16, 2010 at 10:48pm
If you contracted tenosynovitis at work stand your ground for Compensation. Balinda & Co have successfully won a compensation claim for a lady who suffered tenosynovitis from bagging chickens on a conveyor belt in a chicken packing room. Our client contracted tenosynovitis from cropping, drawing and removing the lungs of chickens in the E.V Room, and then later recontracted tenosynovitis from packing chickens in the packing department. During the personal injury claim we were up against toug
Friday August 13, 2010 at 6:08pm
Pollution affects the lives of millions of people and cause death, illness and disease. Environmental pollution results from the contamination by chemical or radioactive substances that renders the air, land, sea and rivers unfit for their natural use. Environmental pollution claims also covers contamination caused by the use of pesticides and chemicals in the environment. The starting point for an environmental pollution claim is that you suffered the illness or disease as an innocent victim wh
Thursday August 5, 2010 at 10:55pm
When you make a personal injury claim you may hear certain terms being used which you would not normally hear in general speech or may never have heard.
In this blog I will explain some terms to you that may help you understand the process of your personal injury claim. Don’t worry, if you don’t remember everything, you can not be expected to know all the jargon, but it is helpful to have an idea of some so that you can find it easy to communicate with your personal injury lawyer.
Tuesday August 3, 2010 at 10:11pm
In thinking about making a personal injury claim, if your injuries were serious, you need to think about what things you need for the short term and what things you want for the long term. Just as important as defining your personal needs and desires, you should also make it your task to become informed about your rights and duties of making a personal injury claim in the UK. Until you know what you can get under the law, you won’t know if your expectations about the end-result of your cla