Pages On: Leg Injuries

Out of court settlement for care worker attacked five times

Posted: 1 May 2016

Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Employer Negligence, Leg Injuries, Shoulder Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A carer, who was working in a residential children’s home in West Bromwich, has received an undisclosed amount of compensation from her employer after being attacked five times by the same resident. The carer, who had worked for the home for nine years and had opted to remain unnamed, was initially hit on the legs by a chair. She was struck so violently with the chair that a permanent dent was left on her leg. She reported the attack to her employers, believing that the assailant would be moved to a secure unit…

Top London hotel compensates injured staff member

Posted: 12 April 2016

Posted in: Foot Injuries, Hotel Accidents, Public Place Accidents, Workplace Injuries, Workplace Slip

A 63-year-old employee of the five star Savoy Hotel in London has received £9,000 in compensation for an injury he received whilst in their employ. Mr Luis Castillo, from Croydon, had been working for the luxury hotel for 17 years, and was hoping to continue in his role of waiter and sommelier until his retirement. Following the accident, however, he became unable to stand for long periods of time due to the injury he had sustained to his foot.  Mr Castillo had been moving through the kitchen area carrying a tray with…

Driver sentenced to four-year ban

Posted: 30 December 2015

Posted in: Leg Injuries, Motorcycle Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents

A motorist has been banned from driving for four years and given an eight-month suspended jail sentence after hitting and seriously injuring a motorcyclist. 33-year-old Owen Phillips, from Llanfechell, was told by the Judge that he made a “gross error of judgement” when he pulled out of a side road and left a motorcyclist with a broken leg in two places. The accident happened in October of last year, after which Mr Phillips pleaded guilty to dangerous driving that caused injury at Caernarfon crown court. The accident happened on the…

Steward wins £5,500 compensation following pitch invasion

Posted: 30 July 2015

Posted in: Foot Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Sporting Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A safety steward has been awarded £5,500 in compensation after seriously damaging his Achilles tendon during a pitch invasion at the Millennium Stadium. 48-year-old Mark Day suffered the injury while tackling a pitch invader at an international rugby match in Cardiff in 2013. Mr Day took the Welsh Rugby Union to court, claiming that the injury has stopped him from enjoying his “social life” and competing with his local running club. The WRU rejected liability for the injury, claiming that it was only soft tissue damage and that Mr Day…

£2,000 payout after dog left friend in wheelchair

Posted: 8 May 2015

Posted in: Animal Attacks, Leg Injuries

A mother-of-three has been ordered to pay her friend £2,000 in compensation after her American bull dog attacked her and left her with life-changing injuries. 37-year-old Vicki Young from Port Tennant pleaded guilty to owning a dangerously out of control dog that caused injury at Swansea’s Magistrates’ Court earlier this month.  The attack happened in February when Mrs Young’s friend had visited their family home to discuss buying one of a litter of puppies. One of Mrs Young’s dogs, Chunk, managed to escape from the living room and grabbed onto…

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…

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…

Injured man pushed from train

Posted: 30 December 2014

Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Knee Injury, Shoulder Injuries

An off-duty policeman that was recovering from a serious knee injury was pushed from a train as it pulled into a station. The man that pushed PC Stuart Steele was behaving in a drunk and disorderly manner when he assaulted the officer in October. 28-year-old Lee Martin Jones admitted assault and has since been placed on community order – under which he will be supervised for six months. The accident happened on 22 October as the off-duty officer was travelling on the Arriva Wales train from Shotton to Buckley. Mr Jones…

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…

Walker falls 20ft due to loose rock

Posted: 20 September 2014

Posted in: Head & Brain Injuries, Leg Injuries, Public Place Accidents

Loose rocks have been recognised by a mountain rescue worker as an increasing problem on Snowdonia’s peaks as yet another walker has fallen as result of them. The man had been walking at the base of Tryfan’s North Ridge when a rock that he had been holding on to gave way, causing him to fall 20ft.  He suffered serious injuries to his head and leg. The accident happened on Wednesday, 17th September, with Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue called out just before 4pm. One member of the rescue team, Chris Lloyd,…

£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…

Cyclist sues council £50,000 for serious head injuries

Posted: 11 June 2014

Posted in: Bicycle Accidents, Head & Brain Injuries, Knee Injury, Pothole Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents

A cyclist is suing Gwynedd council for £50,000 damages after his bike hit a pothole in 2009. 56-year-old Melvyn Griffiths from Blaenau Ffestiniog was left with serious head injuries and broken bones after he was thrown over the handlebars of his bike when it hit a pothole.  After his bid for damages was rejected last year, he has been granted permission to challenge this decision.  He is now due to argue his case before three of the country’s most senior judges at the Court of Appeal in London. It was…

Museum boss awarded £500,000

Posted: 3 March 2014

Posted in: Bus Accidents, Knee Injury, Medical Negligence, NHS Claims, Public Transport

A museum boss has been awarded £500,000 in compensation for the trauma she experienced when paramedics were seventeen minutes late to reach her after dislocating her knee on the bus home. 50-year-old Ceri Leigh worked for the National History Museum organising exhibitions.  In 2008 she dislocated her knee when getting on a bus at Wimbledon Station after getting trapped between two seats.  Mrs Leigh suffered extreme pain and had to be held down by other passangers to prevent further injury.  As a result, Mrs Leigh now suffers with post-traumatic stress…

Negligent football tackle career-threatening

Posted: 1 March 2014

Posted in: Knee Injury, Sporting Injuries

Championship striker Dexter Blackstock is seeking compensation following a life-threatening injury on the football pitch.  Mr Blackstock is currently seeking immense High Court damages from Cardiff City and the player that committed the negligent tackle, Seyi Olofinjana. 27-year-old Blackstock is seeking compensation of more than £50,000 for the tackle that occurred in November 2010. Blackstock was unable to play for fifteen months following the “horrific” knee injury.  He claimed that the 6’4” midfielder was “negligent” in “failing to play the ball” and “challenging (him) in a way that caused a…

Snowdonia climber loses leg

Posted: 13 October 2013

Posted in: Leg Injuries, Personal Injury, Public Place Accidents

A rock climber who had been tackling an area of Snowdonia’s mountain range has had to have his leg amputated after a large rock gave way under him, causing him to fall 500ft (150m) onto the A5 carriageway below.  The climber had been with a friend, following a route that began at Pen yr Ole Wen in the Caerneddau range in the Ogwen Valley, when at about 10:30 BST on Saturday the climber fell and the Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Team were alerted.  It was two passing walkers who went…

Compensation for Leg Injuries

Posted in: Leg Injuries, Personal Injury

Compensation for leg injuries vary depending on the seriousness of the injury, the recovery time, the impact it has had on the victim’s life. It will also be determined by government guidelines and the amount of compensation that has been awarded in previously decided cases. The compensation for your leg injury will rarely be awarded by the Court and in most cases a settlement will be negotiated on your behalf by your personal injury solicitor** in Cardiff. The following is a rough guide to how much compensation you can claim…