Spilt school dinner causes burns to pupils arm Jonathan Stittle helped a young Sheffield pupil to recover damages after he was injured whilst being served with his lunch at his primary school. The client was served with a hot dinner, and in the process suffered a nasty burn to his Read more…
New research into heading a football has identified “significant” changes in brain function from routine heading practice. The study from the University of Stirling is the first to detect direct changes after players are exposed to everyday head impacts, as opposed to clinical brain injuries like concussion. The findings come Read more…
It appears to be a commonly-held belief that if another driver reversed into the vehicle that you are driving, the insurance companies will automatically assume that you drove into the back of the car in front and will hold you liable for the accident. However, this is not the case Read more…
Case 1: Crossroad collision We were instructed by a gentleman in his thirties who was involved in a Road Traffic Accident. He was the driver of a vehicle and was stationary at a crossroads. As he manoeuvred through the junction, the Defendant, who was driving in the opposite direction, turned Read more…
Delivery Drivers foot injury prevents return to work Jonathan Stittle has recently settled a claim for a man who was making a delivery to a house in the course of his employment when he suffered a very painful and nasty foot injury. The Case Many years before, the Local Authority Read more…
It is more than likely that at some point you have received an unsolicited call inviting you to make a personal injury claim for an accident that may or may not have occurred. Cold calling, unsolicited texts and emails give a bad name to those who obtain work from these Read more…
Our client is a courier in his forties. He was delivering a parcel to a well-known firm of accountants at an office based in a historic, listed building.As he entered via an antiquated wooden door, he fell down two steps on the inside of the building and suffered a painful Read more…
Accidents leading to injury occur most commonly on the roads, footpaths and at work. However our Personal Injury teams frequently represent people who have been injured in other places. Here are the top 10: Supermarkets We see plenty of claims from people who have been injured at their local store. Usually they have Read more…
Holiday trip results in fractured elbow Whilst staying at a holiday park in the South of England with her children, our client fell over the edge of a kerb due to lack of adequate lighting and as a result suffered a fractured elbow. The client is a nurse and as Read more…
Our personal injury lawyers regularly see medical reports prepared by orthopaedic surgeons who say that a client’s injury is an “acceleration or exacerbation of a pre-existing condition” that has effectively become symptomatic several years earlier than it otherwise would have done as a result of their accident. Recently, I have seen similar opinions whereby Read more…