| Personal Injury News on product liability |
| Man risks injury compensation claims over unsafe inflatables 07/09/2010 |
| A man who put himself at risk of injury compensation claims by issuing fake safety certificates for inflatable amusements has been prosecuted.Peter John Morrell, also known as Peter Michael Coltilda, of Aberconwy Road in Prestatyn, north Wales, was served with a prohibition notice in November 2008 for passing inflatables as |
| Woman offered compensation over exploding washing machine 06/09/2010 |
| A woman from Hatfield, Hertfordshire, has been offered compensation after her washing machine exploded.Clare Knight told the Walwyn and Hatfield Times that she thought a car had driven into her house when she heard the loud bang."It could have killed my dog, Excalibur. He was near it at the time |
| GBP 3k awarded to woman with stone in sandwich 05/08/2010 |
| A woman has been awarded an injury claim of GBP 3,000 after finding a stone in her lunch.Karen Addy, 48, discovered the small pebble when she bit into her carrot, hummus, rocket and alfalfa sandwich bought from the Boots in Leeds train station.She damaged her tooth when she bit the |
| 'Toxic' sofa victims win GBP20m in compensation 27/04/2010 |
| Hundreds of customers who suffered skin rashes and burns caused by "toxic" sofas are to receive as much as GBP 20 million in injury compensation.High street chains Argos, Walmsley, Homebase and Land of Leather sold the offending pieces of furniture and have been ordered to pay between GBP 1,175 and |
| 'Toxic sofa' victims dealt injury compensation blow 18/03/2010 |
| Hundreds of people seeking injury compensation over so-called "toxic sofas" have been dealt a blow by a High Court ruling.Lawyers for Zurich, the insurer for Land of Leather, claimed that the company's deal with Linkwise, which supplied the Chinese-made sofas that contained the chemical DMF, breached the terms of its |
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| Product liability archive |
| Toxic sofa case 'could be biggest consumer action ever' 01/03/2010 |
| Holidaymakers seek injury compensation over 'nightmare' break 24/02/2010 |
| Task force established to assess pushchair safety 22/02/2010 |
| Police seek injury compensation over radio claims 05/01/2010 |
| Parents seek injury compensation over Maclaren buggies 09/12/2009 |
| GBP 280,000 injury compensation for latex allergy 04/12/2009 |
| GBP 20,000 injury compensation for hair dye horror 02/12/2009 |
| Snail in ginger beer 'paved the way for injury compensation claims' 20/11/2009 |
| Father 'ignored' by buggy manufacturer 12/11/2009 |
| Funfair ride injured girl, 12 02/11/2009 |


