Pages On: Spine & Back Injuries
An injury to your back or spine can have a devastating effect on your life. From regular back pain to full paralysis, even the most minor injuries to the back can derail your life. Regardless of how the accident happened, if you weren’t at fault, you may be entitled to personal injury compensation.
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. …
Read MoreSpinal Injury Compensation
Posted in: Personal Injury, Spine & Back Injuries
If you have injured your spine in an accident that was not your fault, then you should consider bringing a claim for compensation. A spinal injury claim can be made with the assistance of a personal injury solicitor. This is because certain people have a duty of care towards the health and safety of others and where this duty of care exists, a breach of that duty entitles the victim to bring a claim. This duty exists, amongst others, between road users, doctors, and their patients, employers, and their employees…
Read MoreBuilding firm in court over life-threatening injuries
Posted: 18 December 2012
Posted in: Falls from Heights, Head & Brain Injuries, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries
A building firm has appeared in court after a plumber suffered life-threatening injuries in a fall at an outdoor activities centre near Gwynfe in Carmarthenshire. The 64-year-old man was working on the refurbishment of an accommodation block at the site when he fell three metres in March this year. He lost consciousness and suffered a bleed to his brain, a fracture to his cheek bone, bruised ribs and further damage to his existing back condition. He now requires morphine for his back pain and has been unable to return to…
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