Case studies

The personal injury team at Penningtons has just settled a claim for substantial damages for a client who sustained a serious spinal injury rendering her tetraplegic after being hit by a taxi on the A303.

We have achieved a multi-million pound settlement for a young man who was hit while crossing the road by a vehicle that was being driven unlawfully and negligently. As a result, he sustained a catastrophic spinal injury.

We were approached by the father of a man who had been involved in a significant road accident when a van drove into the rear of his bicycle.

We brought a claim for a young woman who was training to be a tree surgeon when she sustained a serious spinal cord injury from being trapped under a falling tree.

We settled a claim for over £1.1 million, plus legal costs, for our client who suffered catastrophic spinal injuries in a road traffic accident in Cambridgeshire.

We have settled a claim against a private land owner for the spinal cord injury and subsequent death of a gardener arising from the fall of a decayed horse chestnut tree.

We have recently achieved a negotiated settlement for a client in his early thirties, who was catastrophically injured while out cycling with his fiancée.

We secured £170,000 in damages for our client after he was thrown from his motorcycle and suffered significant injuries. He sustained a crush spinal fracture, a severe fracture to his left wrist and carpal tunnel syndrome.