A cyclist who suffered serious injuries after the wheel of her bicycle hit a hole in the road has won almost £17,000 in damages. The unnamed 59-year-old woman was commuting to work when the accident happened. In her path was a sunken drain in a large...

Supermarket giant Tesco has settled a personal injury claim following the death of a pensioner who had, a few months earlier, suffered terrible injuries when she was caught in a sliding door at the company’s Long Row store in Nottingham. Margaret...

A man who suffered severe brain damage when he slipped and fell on an uneven public road in North London has received an interim payment of £75,000. Kyle Bullock, 33, was walking with friends down a steep and poorly maintained road when the accident...

A boy who was left with severe brain damage after he was injured in a fall at a children’s nursery has been awarded a sizeable settlement in compensation. The accident happened when James Pitcher was just nine months old. He fell off a changing table...

A British holidaymaker who was badly injured in a crash while on a bus tour in Malaysia has been awarded £90,000 in compensation at the High Court. Gail Griffin, 46, and her husband were on an adventure holiday, travelling from Tanjung Gemok in...

A woman who was injured when a stack of doormats fell from a high shelf in a hardware store has won £20,000 in compensation. The woman, who was browsing in an aisle of the store, was suddenly hit on the head and shoulder by the thick rubber doormats....

A rugby player from Wales whose jaw was broken when he was punched by an opponent has been awarded £1,500 in compensation. Richard Mark Williams was playing in a Swalec Cup game when the incident occurred. He was kicking the ball downfield and an...

A man who fell from a London bus and suffered severe head injuries has been awarded a seven-figure compensation settlement. Vincenzo Bollito, a 36-year-old designer, was between the doors of the bus when the driver closed them and accelerated down the road....

A student who was injured after a pub seat collapsed underneath him has received £1,200 in damages from the brewery. Faisal Hakeem, 20, was out with friends at a bar in Manchester when the bench on which he was sitting gave way. A protruding nail...

A woman left brain damaged after being trampled by cows whilst out walking her dog along a public footpath has won damages from the farmer. Shirley McKaskie, 54, was walking her Jack Russell puppy across farmland. She had wandered a short distance from the...