You are entitled to make school injury claims for compensation if your child has sustained an injury at school due to the negligence of somebody who had a duty of care towards them. If their injuries have been sustained because of – among other reasons – faulty equipment, a lack of supervision or inappropriate activities, your child could have sustained serious injuries for which they entitled to compensation. A claim for school injury compensation is made by a parent or guardian on behalf of the their child acting as a “litigation friend” and, as all settlements for school injury claims have to be approved in court before payment can be made, it is in your best interests to discuss school injury claims with a personal injury solicitor at the earliest possible opportunity.
Lawyers have reached a negotiated settlement of an injury claim for a slip in a school cafeteria four days into a jury trial to determine liability. Dawn DiSalvio was a cafeteria worker at the Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, when on 30 January 2008 she slipped on liquid which had allegedly leaked out … Read more
A janitor has been awarded compensation for a slip on ice at school – the injuries from which resulted in him losing his job. In November 2010, Stephen McKeown from Port Glasgow in Inverclyde worked as a janitor at St Stephen´s High School in Port Glasgow. One week, he was asked to cover for the … Read more
Figures provided for the BBC under a Freedom of Information request have revealed that school injury compensation claims cost Welsh education authorities more than £800,000 (over $1 million) in the five years to 2013. A range of accidents and injuries were included in the figures which covered 312 school injury compensation claims made by parents … Read more
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
Work injury settlements for teachers have increased by almost 24 percent according to figures released for 2012 by the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT). The total amount of compensation recovered for teachers who sustained avoidable injuries at school in 2012 is estimated to be in excess of £25 million after the … Read more
A school crossing guard, who was knocked over by a hit and run driver while helping children cross the road, has settled her hit and run compensation claim with the driver´s insurers. Forty-nine year old Karen Littler from Wigan in Lancashire was hit by the Honda Insight driven by Ceris Lovett while she was helping … Read more
A mother of two, who developed reflex sympathetic dystrophy after she tripped over a wheelchair strap and dislocated her finger when she fell, has been awarded £800,000 compensation for tripping at school in an out-of-court settlement. Julie Anne Huddart (49) tripped over the strap as she was trying to move the empty wheelchair at the … Read more
An increasing number of slips and trips in the classroom, physical assaults on teachers and instances where schools and local authorities have failed to comply with their legal responsibilities relating to health, safety and employment, led to teachers injury compensation exceeding 25 million pounds in 2011. Exactly how much compensation for teachers injuries was paid … Read more
A student, who was rushed to hospital after collapsing mid-way through a game of high school American football, has been awarded 4.4 million dollars for traumatic brain injury compensation in an out of court settlement. Scott Eveland was just eighteen years of age when, on 14th September 2007, he collapsed by the side of the … Read more
An eight-year-old boy, who lost the tip of his middle finger in an accident at his school, is to receive £19,200 compensation in a school accident personal injury claim. The judge heard how Benjamin Schonfeld was just 6 years of age when he caught his finger in a door jamb at St. in January 2009. … Read more