Pages On: Arm Injury
An arm injury is usually not severe, unless you have to manage life without your arms. Arm breakages and fractures are very common forms of personal injury claims, where most make a full recovery. However, in the event of arm amputations, people can have their access to work and leisure completely removed, especially where suitable prosthetics are not available. If you’ve suffered an arm injury and aren’t at fault, you will probably be entitled to personal injury compensation.
Faulty shower causes holidaymaker to slip
Posted: 4 April 2016
Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad, Arm Injury, Hotel Accidents, Public Place Accidents
A package holidaymaker has been awarded £22,000 after sustaining injuries following a slip in her hotel bathroom. The claimant broke her arm and tore ligaments after slipping on water leaking from a defective shower head whilst on holiday abroad. The injured party had previously reported the problem to the hotel’s management, but nothing was done to repair the fault. The holidaymaker decided to claim for compensation and appointed solicitors. Her solicitors contacted the holiday company and informed them of her intent to claim. The holiday company passed the case on to their insurers…
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North Wales police pay out over £50,000 to officers
Posted: 1 February 2015
Posted in: Finger Injuries, Hip Injuries, Industrial Deafness and Disease, Leg Injuries, Workplace Injuries, Workplace Slip
North Wales police officers have been awarded over £50,000 through personal injury claims over the last five years. The information was gathered as a result of a Freedom of Information request, which found that officers had claimed for incidents ranging from slipping on wet surfaces to exposure to excessive noise. A total of £53,615 was paid out to nine claimants since 2009, with a further four claims still ongoing. The biggest payout was made in 2010/11 to an officer who severely injured their pelvis and hips while carrying out his…
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Swansea council pays out £58k in personal injury claims
Posted: 25 January 2015
Posted in: Arm Injury, Leg Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Shoulder Injuries
In the past three years alone, Swansea Council has paid out almost £60,000 to personal injury claimants. A total of seven claimants have suffered severe injuries after falling on the authority-owned property since April 2012. The figures were released following a Freedom of Information request, yet the council refused to provide information on the locations of the accidents because of commercial reasons. 2012/13 saw one claimant receive £5,585 after tripping on council property while another claimant was awarded £4,566 after slipping and injuring their shoulder and ribs. A further £8,509…
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Patient died after care home scalding
Posted: 28 September 2014
Posted in: Arm Injury, Leg Injuries, Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A patient at a care home in North East Wales died in 2012 after being lowered into a scalding bath. 88-year-old Beatrice Morgan, a former nurse herself, had been staying at the Greencroft Residential Home when the accident happened. She suffered severe burns to 18% of her body at the care home in Deeside. She died shortly after. It was heard at Flintshire Magistrates’ Court that Mrs Morgan suffered burn injuries to her lower legs, upper body and left arm after being lowered into the scalding hot bath by care…
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£800k compensation to schoolchildren
Posted: 18 July 2014
Posted in: Car Accidents, Finger Injuries, Foot Injuries, Head & Brain Injuries, Public Place Accidents, School Accidents
New figures have revealed that in the last five years the local authorities in Wales have paid out more than £800,000 in compensation to injured schoolchildren and legal fees. Successful claimants included one child with a severed thumb, and another that was knocked down by a vehicle driven by a teacher. The amount paid by the councils over the last five academic years amounted to £811,834.86, covering both the cost of damages and legal fees. One council – Neath Port Talbot – paid out a total of £309,535, with one…
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Payouts to teachers at all time high
Posted: 27 April 2014
Posted in: Arm Injury, Head & Brain Injuries, Neck Injuries, School Accidents, Workplace Injuries, Workplace Slip
New figures have revealed that in the last year alone, teachers have been awarded tens of millions of pounds in compensation for accidents at work. The figures found there to have been a great increase in payouts to school staff, with the total reaching a record level. Information produced by three of the UK’s largest unions showed that school staff were being awarded five or six-figure payouts, which totaled more than £40 million last year. The UK’s largest teachers’ union, NASUWT, said that they had secured 30% more compensation for…
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Mountain climber airlifted to hospital following serious fall
Posted: 11 November 2013
Posted in: Arm Injury, Head & Brain Injuries, Spine & Back Injuries
This weekend saw two climbers being airlifted from a cliff in Gwynedd by the RAF after one of the climbers fell and was knocked unconscious. The pair had been climbing at Tremadog near Porthmadog when the accident occurred. Originally from Leeds, they had been scaling a cliff in Gwynedd – a popular climbing route known as “Christmas curry” – when one of them fell 10m (32ft) and emergency services had to be alerted. The accident occurred on Saturday just before 16:00 when the sun was already starting to go down. …
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Compensation for Arm Injuries
Posted in: Arm Injury, Personal Injury
If you have injured your arm in an accident that was not your fault then you can make a claim for compensation against the negligent party. Compensation is awarded for arm injuries because the arms are vital for daily life. If you are partially to blame for your arm injuries then you can still make a claim for compensation, however the amount that you will be awarded will be reduced by a proportion to take into account your own negligence. There is no limitation on the type of arm injury…
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