Pages On: Sporting Injuries
Injuries from playing sports aren’t uncommon, and generally aren’t serious, but that doesn’t stop accidents happening. If someone has failed in their duty of care to you, be it not maintaining the grounds and facilities, or has caused deliberate and serious harm during the game, you may be entitled to personal injury compensation.
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…
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More investment needed for head injury support
Posted: 16 July 2015
Posted in: Head & Brain Injuries, Sporting Injuries
After a student from Monmouthshire was left paralysed following an injury playing rugby, a brain charity has called for more to be done within head injury support services. 19-year-old Angus Swanson was in a coma for three weeks after he collapsed at the side of the pitch during a university game against King’s College in London. He was told by doctors that he would never be able to play rugby again. Brain injury charity Headway has called for a surge of investment in support services for those that have suffered…
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Surfer suffers serious brain injury
Posted: 25 September 2014
Posted in: Head & Brain Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Sporting Injuries
One of Britain’s top female surfers suffered a life-threatening brain injury in 2008 and continues to battle for compensation. 22-year-old Gwen Spurlock had been testing a new wave simulator at a Swansea leisure centre when the accident happened. She received compensation from the leisure company but is still fighting to win compensation from the simulator-providers. The accident happened in 2008 when the new wave simulator through her off-balance, causing her to bash her head against the side. After complaining of double vision immediately after the incident, she suffered a seizure…
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Football club admits failures following death
Posted: 26 July 2014
Posted in: Public Place Accidents, Sporting Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Caersws Football Club has pleaded guilty for the safety failures that led to the death of a 12-year-old boy. Casey Breese had been playing football with some friends when the metal goalpost fell on him and subsequently crushed him to death. The accident happened in July 2011, after which the club initially denied charges until they changed their plea on Wednesday. Casey had been playing football with four friends when the accident happened. He had been in goals and had tried to save the ball when the net got caught…
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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…
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Football club in court for health and safety breaches
Posted: 1 December 2013
Posted in: Public Place Accidents, Sporting Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Caersws Football Club is to attend court after a goalpost fell and killed a 12-year-old boy. Nine of the football club’s officials are due to attend the hearing at Mold Crown Court next year, having been accused of breaching health and safety regulations. 12-year-old Casey Breese had been playing football with friends when the incident occurred in July 2011. One of the metal goalposts at the Caersws recreational ground fell and struck him: the injuries from which killed him. Caersws Football Club, based near Newton in Powys, is to be prosecuted…
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Football club faces charges over death of young boy
Posted: 8 October 2013
Posted in: Head & Brain Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Sporting Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Managers of a Powys football club have been accused of breaching health and safety laws after a goalpost fell and killed a 12-year-old boy. Casey Breese from Powys had been playing with some friends on a Caersws recreational ground in July 2011, when a poorly secured metal goalpost fell and struck him on the head. The case, which was brought to court by the Powys County Council, has been adjourned without a plea to Mold Crown Court on the 18th of October. The club will be prosecuted under the Health…
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Sports Injury Compensation
Posted in: Public Place Accidents, Sporting Injuries
Although most of the time playing sport is extremely enjoyable and is good for the health, it sometimes leads to sports injuries. Although such injuries may simply be caused by not warming up sufficiently or by attempting something that is more than capability allows, many sports injuries are caused as a result of another individual or parties’ negligence. A Cardiff expert will be able to assist you to determine where the responsibility lies, and ultimately whether or not there is a potential compensation claim as a result of the sports…
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