Compensation for workplace accidents
InjuriesBoard.ie has published a review of workplace accidents in Ireland in 2011 that shows compensation totalling €22.5million (2010: €25.1million) was awarded in respect of 830 (2010: 889 awards) personal injury workplace claims. Accidents in the workplace accounted for 8.4% of all personal injury awards in 2011, compared to 11% of all awards in 2010. The […]
Girl awarded compensation for car crash injuries
A young girl who suffered severe injuries after she was involved in a car crash has been awarded a compensation payment worth millions of pounds, reports the Daily Mail. Cerys Edwards, who is now six-years-old, was only a baby when her family’s car was hit head-on by a car being driven on the wrong side […]
Woman compensated after slipping in bank
The Royal Bank of Scotland has been found liable for an injury sustained by a woman who slipped on a wet floor in one of its branches in Edinburgh, reports the BBC. Patricia O’Donnell, who sustained a soft tissue injury to her ankle that left her unable to work for three weeks, was awarded £7,500 […]
