A retired manager who worked at a hospital in Birmingham has been awarded a £307,550 compensation payout and will receive a further £24,000 every year for the rest of his life because he claims he suffered stress at his job. The former NHS employee, who retired in 1996 and whose work was mainly office-based, filed [...]
A former police officer has been told that he does not qualify for a lump-sum payment in compensation after an incident which left him with post-traumatic stress disorder. South Wales Police dog handler Mark Pugh, 50, became severely depressed and suicidal after he was attacked by a mob of fans at the trouble-hit FA Cup [...]
A family whose young son died in 1997 after receiving “incorrect treatment” from the boy’s doctor have received compensation and an apology from a Leicester hospital. Three-year-old Ryan Pitcher, who was being treated for epilepsy, died after being given the wrong medication by Dr Andrew Holton. An initial investigation could not find a link between [...]
A woman from Warwickshire who is seeking a compensation claim against her late father’s workplace has been told that she is not eligible for compensation as a result of a legal loophole. Judith Tomlinson, 58, from Baginton near Coventry, has mesothelioma, a fatal asbestos-related cancer. She strongly believes that her father’s work overalls and company [...]