Pages On: Neck Injuries
Suffering a neck injury is serious, and can be fatal. Our necks are incredibly vulnerable parts of our body, and even minor injuries can cause a lifetime of discomfort. As the neck supports the most vital area of our body — the head — any complications in it can cause a cascade of failures up and down the spinal column, and can potentially leave you paralysed as a result. If you’ve suffered a neck injury in an accident that wasn’t your fault, you will likely have a strong case for personal injury compensation.

Injured marine’s wife fears for future
Posted: 31 May 2015
Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad, Armed Forces Injuries, Neck Injuries, Workplace Injuries
The wife of a Marine left paralysed following a diving accident fears for the future after a losing battle for compensation. 27-year-old Spencer Vaughan, from Cwmbran in Torfaen, broke his neck diving into shallow waters in the Canary Islands in July 2009. Because the Royal Marine had been off work at the time of his injury, the High Court ruled that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) was not liable for his injuries. Mr Vaughan’s wife, Jodie, said that she is worried for their financial future when his employment comes to…
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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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Worker's tree fall lands farmer in court
Posted: 9 April 2013
Posted in: Neck Injuries, Workplace Injuries
An east Hampshire farm owner has been prosecuted after an untrained worker plunged over four metres from a tree as he was using a chainsaw to prune branches. The worker had climbed up into a large sycamore tree and used a rope supplied by the farm owner to tie the chainsaw to a branch. He straddled one of the tree limbs and was cutting down branches when he lost his balance and fell. The 41-year-old man dropped onto a barn below before rolling off the roof and ending up on…
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Neck Injuries Compensation
Posted in: Neck Injuries, Personal Injury
If you damage your neck in an accident that was not your fault, then you could be entitled to make a compensation claim against the negligent party. The neck is a fragile part of the body and supports the most valuable part of the body; the head. Neck injuries can be severe, and therefore the compensation awards can be substantial. There are many ways in which you could injure your neck, the most common being either slips, trips, and falls or whiplash following a road traffic accident. Whiplash is the…
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