Archive for the 'negligence' Category

Fossil hunter seeks compensation after rock fall injury

A fossil hunter is pursuing a compensation claim after he became badly injured in a seaside rock fall.
Dave McGowan, 41, was looking for and collecting fossils with his girlfriend along the shoreline at Seatown, near Bridport in Dorset, when rocks fell from the cliff above. The incident left his leg and ankle broken but he [...]

€15,000 whiplash compensation claim awarded to Rod Stewart fan at concert

A concert-goer has been awarded €15,000 in damages after she suffered whiplash injuries at a Rod Stewart concert in Dublin in 2005.
Sally Price, a lifelong fan of the 64-year-old singer, was struck by a football that Stewart had kicked towards the audience at the Point Depot concert. A tradition that the rocker has been doing [...]

Nuclear test veterans win right to compensation claims

MILITARY veterans that were exposed to radiation during the 1950s have won the right to claim compensation against the MoD for medical conditions suffered.
The servicemen claim negligence on the part of the Ministry of Defence during the nuclear tests performed in the South Pacific and Australia between 1952 and 1958. The veterans were exposed [...]

Teacher makes compensation claim following pupil poisoning

A TEACHER who claims she was poisoned by a pupil is making a £700,000 compensation claim against her former employers.
Shaaira Alexis is suing after she drank blackboard cleaning fluid placed in her water bottle by a schoolgirl, the High Court in London has been told.
Although Miss Alexis, 52, made a full recovery, she filed the [...]

Families of dead servicement to sue Government

FAMILIES of 10 British servicemen who were killed when the RAF Hercules they were travelling in was shot down in Iraq are suing the Ministry of Defence over the crash.
In a move that may result in a landmark ruling, relatives of the nine RAF servicemen and one soldier have launched the action, claiming that even [...]