Any road user is entitled to make pothole injury claims against the authority responsible for maintaining the roads in a safe condition if they have sustained an injury after tripping into, falling over, driving down or trying to avoid a pothole. Claims for pothole injury compensation have to establish that the pothole had presented a hazard for a considerable period of time and that the authority was aware of the hazard and failed to repair it. Thereafter, how much pothole injury compensation will depend on the extent of your injuries, how they affect your quality of life and what financial cost you have incurred as a result of your pothole injury. Pothole injury claims also consider the age, gender and general state of health before the injury took place and, with so many different criteria for determining compensation for pothole injury claims, you are best advised to seek advice from a personal injury lawyer.
A New Jersey jury has increased an award of compensation for falling in a hole left by a utility company after an arbitrated settlement was appealed. In April 2012, the Jersey Central Power & Light Company (JCP&L) removed a broken pole from outside the Barnegat Township property owned by Nancy Jacobs. The removal of the … Read more
Haringey Council in North London has announced plans to revise the frequency at which potholes on pavements are inspected and repaired in a bid to reduce injury claims for trips on sidewalk potholes. The decision to invest more resources into maintaining the council´s streets and pavements follows the seven-figure compensation settlement of an injury claim … Read more
The Appeal Court has found Devon Council jointly negligent in a pothole crash injury claim following a car accident on the C-25 which left one passenger brain damaged and a second tetraplegic. The accident, which happened in November 2006, occurred when a Land Rover driver – identified as “TR” – overtook a slow moving car … Read more
A girl from Dublin is to receive 20,000 Euros in compensation for scar injury after she tripped and fell into a hole dug by a local construction company. Kodie Geoghegan Dowdall (12) of Ballymun, Dublin, was just seven years of age when, in December 2006, she tripped and fell into the hole while on her … Read more