Archive for December, 2010
Dismay at new payout ruling delay
Haemophiliacs infected by contaminated blood products will have to wait until 2011 to see if they get compensation, despite a pledge to let them know about any payout by the end of the year.
Care home group fined over death
A care home group has been order to pay more than £120,000 after a court ruled staff who carried out “inappropriate and dangerous” restraint techniques on a patient who died were inadequately trained.
Firm fined over dermatitis cases
A pharmaceutical company has been fined £50,000 after a number of its workers developed allergic contact dermatitis.
Factory worker loses four fingers
A woman had four fingers severed in an industrial accident involving a lid-punching machine which had been modified by her employer.
Family wins birth injury payout
A family has won an eight-year legal battle with a hospital trust over compensation for medical errors during a birth which left a boy severely brain damaged.








