Aberdeen Personal Injury Blog

Fife faces huge medical negligence compensation bill

Posted: January 30, 2015

Posted in: Birth Injury Criminal Injury and Assault Medical Negligence NHS Claims Workplace Injuries 

Fife’s NHS has recently been bombarded with a flood of medical negligence claims that could see them having to pay out £17million in compensation. Recent figures revealed that 77 claimants are currently seeking compensation for medical negligence, with one claiming over a birth defect. Furthering this, they also face a further 31 cases of liability […]

Cyclists to sue Edinburgh council for injuries caused by tram tracks

Posted: January 25, 2015

Posted in: Bicycle Accidents Bus Accidents Foot Injuries Head and Brain Injuries Public Place Accidents Public Transport Shoulder Injuries 

Following numerous cases of cyclists severely injuring themselves on Edinburgh’s new tram tracks, a lawyer is taking the City of Edinburgh Council to court. Stewart White said that the council was responsible for the injuries suffered by his 60 clients, and argues that something should be done about it. Injuries caused by the tracks include […]

Woman dies in hospital blaze

Posted: January 18, 2015

Posted in: Medical Negligence Public Place Accidents Wrongful & Accidental Death 

An elderly woman died after a fire broke out at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh. Fire crews were immediately called to the scene after the fire broke out in the Royal Victoria building at around 02:28. The fire crew managed to move fourteen patients from the ward to another complex, but a 75-year-old woman […]

Bin lorry crash victim released from hospital

Posted: December 30, 2014

Posted in: Public Place Accidents Road Traffic Accidents Wrongful & Accidental Death 

Following the tragic accident that saw six killed on 22 December in Glasgow, one of the victims has been released from hospital. The 18-year-old was released today following the bin lorry crash that happened in George Square just before Christmas. The teenager had been receiving treatment in a Glasgow hospital. NHS Greater Glasgow Clyde said […]

Scottish councils pay out millions in damages

Posted: December 29, 2014

Posted in: Pothole Injuries Public Place Accidents Workplace Injuries Workplace Slip 

New figures have revealed that Scottish councils have paid out millions of pounds in damages over the last five years alone. The data, obtained by BBC Scotland, found that £15.5million was paid out to claimants, with claims including workplace violence and dangerous science experiments. The most compensation was paid out to pothole and water-related claims, […]

Nurse suing NHS Tayside for slip that broke her wrist

Posted: December 18, 2014

Posted in: Arm Injury Workplace Injuries Workplace Slip 

A nurse at Ninewells Hospital is suing NHS Tayside after she slipped and broke her wrist. 42-year-old Verita Roach had been working at the hospital as a theatre nurse in the maternity block when the accident happened. She had been moving between emergency operations, pushing a trolley of used surgical equipment into another room to be […]

Six-figures for family of worker killed in garage accident

Posted: December 8, 2014

Posted in: Employer Negligence Workplace Injuries Wrongful & Accidental Death 

The family of a man who died while working at a garage has received a six-figure sum in compensation. Stevie Conway was working in a chemical tank at the Diamond Wheels Tech site in Dundee’s Baird Avenue when the accident happened in 2011. Mr Conway’s partner, Angela Garthley, launched legal action against the firm following […]

Worker blinded in one eye after being struck by wiring

Posted: December 3, 2014

Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries Workplace Injuries 

An Edinburgh-based company has been fined after one of its employees was struck in the eye by a piece of wire that left him blind in one eye. 20-year-old Declan Shipcott, from Alexandria, was working for Viridor Enviroscot at its Glasgow-based materials recycling facility when the accident happened two years ago. It was heard at […]

Upset over c. diff deaths from hospital outbreak

Posted: November 26, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death 

MSP Jackie Baillie broke down in tears in parliament earlier this week with the belief that not enough has been done following the numerous deaths caused by a C. diff outbreak between 2007 and 2008. Ms Baillie has campaigned on behalf of those patients who lost their lives in the infection outbreak for several years, […]

Bollard that killed young boy was ‘unstable’

Posted: November 20, 2014

Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries Public Place Accidents Wrongful & Accidental Death 

A court has heard that the bollard responsible for the death of a young boy at the Royal Highland Show in 2008 was ‘unstable’. Three-year-old Ben Craggs died from severe head injuries after the concrete bollard toppled onto him at the showground six years ago. The Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland denies all […]