A WIDE-RANGING survey has concluded that there are significant problems with personal injury laws and the US jury system. Legal Prudence and the American Jury identified the spread of plaintiff-unfriendly legal practices as one of the major problems facing the civil justice system. It said that major corporations, along with other pro-business proponents of tort [...]
THE Louisville Zoo has been named by personal injury lawyers in two actions following the derailment of its miniature train at the start of June. Some 22 of the 30 passengers on board at the time of the accident suffered personal injuries, with 17 of them children. However, while 15 of that number were treated [...]
WOMEN are responsible for almost three quarters of personal injury claims that take place in public areas, the Irish Injuries Board has found. While women account for some 70% of personal injury claims, the total value of public liability awards made in the two years to December 2008 was €65.4 million. Some 56% of personal [...]
A businessman who fell victim to a car insurance scam has spoken out about his experience in the hope that other drivers will not be taken in by the personal injury scam aimed to generate whiplash compensation from insurance companies. Michael Adams, of St Albans, believes he was forced into driving into the back of [...]
WITH social networking taking a greater importance role in our lives, sites like Facebook and Twitter are increasingly being used against claimants in personal injury cases to have them thrown out. Now some personal injury lawyers are advising their clients to stay away from such sites as the legal process goes ahead, and have issued [...]
THE French government has for the first time in nearly 50 years agreed to pay personal injury compensation to people affected by fallout from its nuclear tests. The country has carried out 210 such tests since its first, exploded in the Algerian Desert in 1960, but has until now refused to pay out on personal [...]
FOUR men have been found liable for causing personal injury in one of Northern Ireland’s worst bombings – the first time that personal injury legislation has been successfully brought involving a terrorist attack. Michael McKevitt, Liam Campbell, Colm Murphy, Seamus Daly and the Real IRA liable were found culpable in various ways for the Omagh [...]
CUSTOMERS are being denied the right to make compensation claims that could run into millions of pounds because they are being ignored by the high street banks that sold them financial products, and receive little help from the Financial Services Authority. A damning report on the matter has led to its author, the Financial Ombudsman [...]
SHAMED R & B star Chris Brown could be facing another day in court after he was named in a personal injury claim. Robert Rosen is suing the singer for medical costs claiming that he suffered personal injury following an incident with the singer’s bodyguard. According to reports, Mr Rosen took a picture of Brown [...]
PEOPLE who suffer a personal injury as a consequence of European election posters can claim, a leading solicitor has said. There have been instances of personal injury inquiries following incidences such as election billboard posters falling down, or distracting drivers. But Martin Hart, of Hart & Co Solicitors in Belfast, said: “Somebody confronted with this [...]