An office is generally considered to be a safe environment in which to work, but there can be as many reasons for office injury claims as claims for compensation in other work environments. Trips, slips and falls and manual handing injuries are among the most frequent reasons stated for office injury claims, but it is also possible to make a claim for office injury compensation if you sustain a repetitive strain injury or develop a stress related illness due to bullying, harassment or stress. Office injury claims for compensation have to establish that your injury occurred due to an employer´s lack of care, and sometimes this can dissuade claimants from making office injury claims – for fear they may jeopardise future employment prospects. However, if you seek the advice of a personal injury lawyer, you will be able to make office injury claims without fear of retribution on your return to the office.
Changes to personal injury claims procedures introduced on 1st August 2013 will speed up compensation settlements in claims with a value of up to £25,000. The second of two changes to the Civil Procedure Rules took effect on 1st August 2013, and whereas the changes to the personal injury claims procedures in April of this … Read more
An office worker, who sustained serious physical and psychological injuries after the lift she was travelling in fell twenty-three floors, has been awarded more than 13 million dollars in compensation for an accident in a lift. Janice Beasley (41) from Jacksonville in Florida was alone in the lift when her ordeal began. Travelling down from … Read more