This blog is produced by members of the Personal Injury department at Pannone LLP, a full service law firm based in Manchester city centre. Our Personal Injury Team is the top-rated team in the North West in Chambers Legal Directory. We undertake the full spectrum of personal injury work, from road traffic accidents to industrial disease cases; from travel and tourism litigation to catastrophic injury claims involving serious head, spinal and amputation injuries; from police assault and child abuse cases to group actions arising from major disasters.
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By Kim Harrison in Accidents At Work on Friday, April 30, 2010
Personal injury lawyers can get a lot of stick. We’re called ‘ambulance chasers’ and the people we represent are often vilified in the press for making claims when they have suffered personal injury. Perhaps if the people who write the articles slamming the work we do met the families and... read more
By Kerry Blackhurst in Pannone Personal Injury Team on Friday, April 30, 2010
The Court of Appeal has recently rejected an appeal made by 24 year old Paul Tyrone Mann against a finding that Northern Electric Distribution Ltd (NEDL) were not liable to pay him compensation following a horrific accident in 2001. In 2001 Mr Mann was 15 years old when, having kicked a... read more
By Kim Harrison in Pannone Personal Injury Team on Friday, April 30, 2010
Readers of my blog will know that Pannone LLP represents a number of Claimant’s who suffered injury as a result of ‘toxic sofas’ which caused horrible skin burns. This week it has been widely reported, including on the BBC website that a number of High Street chains have agreed to... read more
By Simon Weilding in Holiday Accident and Travel Claims on Wednesday, April 28, 2010
We have recently been contacted by concerned holidaymakers who have suffered food poisoning symptoms following a serious gastric illness outbreak at the 434 room Movenpick Resort, Taba, Egypt. This is not the first time that this particular Hotel has come to our attention. We are acting... read more
By Simon Weilding in Holiday Accident and Travel Claims on Thursday, April 22, 2010
Following the well publicised swine flu problems that first appeared in Mexico, we are now receiving reports of sickness / illness from guests staying at the El Dorado Seaside Suites, Puerto Aventuras, Riviera Maya, Mexico. This 280 room all inclusive resort is on the popular Caribbean... read more
By Clare Campbell in Holiday Accident and Travel Claims on Thursday, April 22, 2010
Yesterday's explosion on board the Deepwater Horizon oil rig 50 miles off the Louisiana coast highlights the dangers of working on offshore oil rigs. I read that the US Coast guard continue to search by air and sea for 11 workers missing since the explosion occured on Tuesday. Out of... read more
By Tim Grover in Holiday Accident and Travel Claims on Wednesday, April 21, 2010
I wrote recently about the Prima Sol Tropicana Azure Club Hotel in Sharm El Sheikh, Egpyt, to highlight to holidaymakers the reports of an illness outbreak at the resort. Considering the travel chaos throughout Europe over the past week it might seem a small victory to have managed to get away.... read more
By Kim Harrison in Industrial Disease Claims on Wednesday, April 21, 2010
I’m delighted to report on a successful claim my colleague Natasha Ross has settled for a grandfather who has been awarded almost £4000 following his development of noise induced hearing loss. The full report is in the Wigan Evening Post. Natasha’s advice to anyone suffering from... read more
By Mike Cassidy in Actions Against the Police on Thursday, April 15, 2010
Greater Manchester Police have been forced to defend their use of the Taser stun gun following a complaint by a man who was Tasered while having an epileptic fit. The man aged 40 had a seizure at a gym in the city. Ambulance staff called to the scene had difficulty treating him owing to... read more
By Kim Harrison in Industrial Disease Claims on Tuesday, April 13, 2010
In my last blog I wrote about the death of Malcolm McLaren, former Sex Pistols manager from mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining of the lungs almost always caused by exposure to asbestos. What I didn’t know at that point was where Malcolm could have been exposed to asbestos. In today’s... read more
