L came to Russell Worth following her baby being in an accident at the nursery he was attending. Due to lack of supervision at the nursery L's baby was allowed to be picked up by an older child and then dropped on the floor which resulted in him sustaining a break to...
Public Liability
Public Liability
Fall Down Steps, Landlord Liable
Mr M came to Russell Worth following a fall down some steps outside his house. Walking up steps outside his flat to get to street level, a slab wobbled causing Mr M to lose his balance and fall. He fell backwards down the steps and sustained injury to his ribs and...
£2,000 Award for Electric Shock
Miss F approached Russell Worth Solicitors after she had received an electric shock from an unmarked fence when walking along a footpath. Following the incident Miss F suffered with palpitations, headaches and pins and needles. SC, representing Miss F, approached the...
Five Figure Settlement for Child who Loses Part of Finger
SJ, Senior Solicitor, here at Russell Worth was keen to represent a young lady who was just 6 years old when she lost the tip of her finger. Our client was out with her mother at a restaurant when a fire door slammed shut on her hand. There was no slowing mechanism on...
Trip at Hotel Leaves Client with Nasty Thumb Injury
Following a nasty fall whilst staying at a hotel, N came to Russell Worth for our help and guidance on making a personal injury claim. EE, specialist public liability claims handler, approached the hotel on behalf of Mrs A claiming that their failure to mark clearly...
£3,000 award made for injury sustained in a bar
In the summer of 2014, our client J approached Russell Worth for help after breaking her foot on a night out with friends. J was with friends in a pub when she slipped on the wet floor leading up the bar and broke a bone in her foot. AH, specialist public liability...
Miss KH (£2000 from a trip on cable in the street resulting in cuts, bruising and soft tissue damage)
In November 2011, KH was walking through a market, when her foot became entangled in a cable that was lying on the pavement. She suffered cuts and bruising, and soft tissue damage to her right hand. She accepted an offer of £2000, and was very happy with the service...
Bed Bugs! (Mrs F awarded £2.200 after staying in a hotel room infested with the insects, causing them over 100 bites)
Mr and Mrs F were staying in a hotel room which turned out to be infested with bed bugs. Russell Worth arranged for them to see a Consultant Dermatologist, who noted that Mrs F had suffered more than 100 bites on her body and limbs, which took 6 weeks to clear up; Mr...
Award made for man who put foot through boardwalk
Walking along the boardwalk you would not expect your foot to go through the wooden boards but this is exactly what happened to our client J. Not one but two of the boards fell through as he was walking along in Portsmouth during the summer of 2014. Despite the other...
£8,500 payment for man who slips on wet floor
Russell Worth’s team of specialist public liability lawyers fought hard to get our client the compensation he was entitled to following an accident in a car park. After putting his ticket in the car our client went to exit down the stairs however when he got on to the...