Personal Injury Claim

The insurance company Aviva has revealed that personal injury claims from motorcyclists has risen 57% since 2005. Motorcycle accidents account for 34% of deaths on the road even though they only account for 1% of the traffic on roads. Nigel Bartram, Aviva expert, believes the increase in motorcycle accidents is believed to be due to the increase in the number of motorcyclists taking passengers on their bikes with them. The increase in motorcycle personal injury claims has also led to motorcycle claims costs rising by 51%, also credited to the increase in passengers on motorcycles.

Throughout this summer's FIFA World Cup in South Africa, the vuvuzela horn has garnered nearly as much attention as the actual soccer being played.

The Vuvuzela horn is a traditional South Afrcican instrument that has been adopted by fans from all over the world attending the World Cup. However, because of it's droning, bee like noise it has been the target of many complaints from television viewers of the competition world wide. So much so in fact that some broadcasters are considering offering vuvuzela free feeds of the games.

BP has revealed that they will set up a $20 billion fund to pay compensation to the families and victims of those affected by the oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico.

The fund will be led by attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who was also head of the fund which paid compensation to the families and victims of those affected by the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

The agreement, which comes just a day after President Obama said BP would have to pay for all the damage it has caused, is not fully finalized yet.

The $20 billion figure matches that which was recommended by the congressional Democrats.

Rack's Bar & Grill in Atco, New Jersey has been identified as being 75% liable in the 2007 death of Mary Elenbark and faces paying up to $15 million in injury compensation.

Mary Elenbark was riding on a motorcycle with her husband George on the night of the accident when they struck by Steven Evans, who was drunk driving.

Mr. Evans had been drinking at Rack's Bar & Grill and the bar had continued to serve him alcohol, even after it was obvious that he was intoxicated.

According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), the number of staged car accidents taking place is on the rise.

Between 2007 and 2009 the questionable claims (QC) filed for suspected staged car accidents rose by 46%.

The reason behind these staged accidents is to try and get compensation from innocent individuals and the practice is widely used by gangs, who practice preplanned auto accident scenarios involving 2 to 4 cars.

Janice Boswick and her husband Robert of San Luis Obispo County, California have filed a personal injury case against the City of San Clemente after suffering an injury while walking along a walkway near San Clemente's Linda Lane parking area and beach access tunnel.

The Boswicks will be represented by Californian personal injury attorneys Bisnar/Chase.

A group of individuals is taking legal action against a petting zoo in Surrey, U.K and looking for personal injury compensation after they contracted the e coli disease after visiting the zoo.

The petting zoo, Godstone Farm, was at the center of an e coli outbreak last September and 93 individuals, adults and children, were infected by the disease.

It was the 0157 strain of the disease that infected the individuals, which can be potentially fatal and cause long term health issues.

The families and dependents of the 11 oil rig workers killed and the 15 injured on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig on April 20th may see the personal injury compensation paid to them reduced severely if Transocean are successful in using a law from the 19th Century.

The law in question is the 1851 Limitation of liability Act which was introduced to encourage investment in shipping and keep the US fleets competitive.

Under the Act, ship owner's liability is limited to the value of the ship plus the money the ship owner would collect if the voyage/trip was completed.

The Jones Act 1920, which actually provides cover against personal Injury accidents to those working on ships & vessels , has been seen as many as being a barrier to the clean up operation of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Act, as well as providing personal injury cover, also requires that vessels operating in US waters be built in the US and operated by US crew.

This means that better equipped clean up ships from other countries have not been able to be brought in and help with the clean up, which many see as leading to the clean up taking much longer than necessary.

Mr. Carl Woodbridge is suing his employer, Rentokil Initial, for an injury he suffered while working at a shopping center in England.

Mr.Woodbridge had been pruning some cacti plants when one of them shot toxic sap into his eye.

The sap burned his cornea and left him blinded for one week, and making him miss 6 weeks of work.

Mr. Woodbridge claims that his employer had not trained him properly for the work, had not been informed about the toxins in the plant and that they had not provided him with the safety equipment needed for the job