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A motorcyclist who suffered severe ankle injuries in a road accident has won £50,000 in damages. The man, who is in his 20s, was riding his motorcycle in South London when a car suddenly reversed out of a side road right in front of him. It appeared...
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Figures have recently been published showing the amounts of money paid out in the last five years by education authorities across the country in settlement of compensation claims brought against schools for trips, slips and falls. For example, Kent County...
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A former RAF aircraftman who was paralysed in an accident at a ‘Health and Fun Day’ has finally won his claim for compensation for his injuries more than seven years later. Robert Uren was 21 when the accident happened in July 2005. He was...
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A lollipop lady who was injured in a hit-and-run accident has won a four-figure sum in compensation. Karen Littler, 49, was helping schoolchildren across the road when the accident happened. The driver of a Honda Insight knocked her off her feet as it drove...
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A woman has won £61,000 in an out-of-court settlement after she was hit by a falling shop sign. The East London woman, who is in her 40s, was walking down the street when part of the metal sign fell off the shop front, hitting her head, leg and back....
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An Australian man who fell over a pothole and suffered severe brain damage has won a substantial amount in compensation. Kyle Bullock, 38, was walking along a road in Hornsey, London, on his way back from a friend’s house when he slipped on a pothole...
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A woman who injured her face when she crashed into a stanchion on a boat during a river trip has been awarded £55,000 in damages. In April 2008, Sinead McGlinchey, 23, was attending a surprise barbeque party, with four other women, that included a...
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The family of a man who was killed when he was hit by a car driven by a man who had been drinking has won a compensation settlement worth £710,000. The victim, who was in his 30s and the father of two young children, was crossing the road when the...
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A holidaymaker who was knocked unconscious after she slipped on water that had leaked from an air conditioning unit has won £37,000 in compensation from tour operator Thomas Cook. Sylvia McNicholl, 49, was on a family holiday at a hotel in Tenerife in...
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A scout leader who injured his back descending a fireman’s pole at an activity centre in Wales has won almost £170,000 in damages. Robert Wilson, 49, fractured one of the vertebrae in his back when he landed on his bottom after travelling too...
