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		<title>Recovering cost of hospice care in asbestos compensation case</title>
		<link>http://www.markthompsonlaw.com/2010/08/20/recovering-cost-of-hospice-care-in-asbestos-compensation-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ DAMAGES — Personal injuries — Hospice care — Deceased contracting lung cancer from exposure to asbestos in course of employment with defendant —  Deceased’s estate seeking damages against employer and including claims on behalf of children, grandchildren and great grandchildren — Claim including costs of care incurred by hospice in providing gratuitous palliative treatment to deceased — Whether recoverable  ]]></description>
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		<title>Google sued over walking directions</title>
		<link>http://www.markthompsonlaw.com/2010/06/15/google-sued-over-walking-directions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Woman sues Google over Utah walking directions
I came across a news report about a law suit in the United States against Google complaining its Google Map had given an unsafe pedestrian route.
Extract from the report of 1 June 2010 reads:
Salt Lake City — A pedestrian injured by a motorist while following an online route has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Child head injury</title>
		<link>http://www.markthompsonlaw.com/2009/09/28/child-head-injury/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A young girl was a rear seat passenger in the family car which was hit by a lorry.
This case underlines how carefully we must check for an acquired brain injury in a child. Two people died in the accident, and the child seemed to be free of major injury. As time went on the acquired [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Claim for self employed</title>
		<link>http://www.markthompsonlaw.com/2009/08/31/claim-for-self-employed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Self employed
I often act for self employed people. Running my own business gives me an understanding of the self employed, and the particular pressures and issues these cases for compensation involve. Someone on a salary may not be too concerned by a period off work, but for the self employed this can mean immediate loss [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paraplegia</title>
		<link>http://www.markthompsonlaw.com/2009/08/18/paraplegia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In simple terms waist level paralysis. In life terms every thing is different.
I handled a case for a young soldier, who I will call John. He was off for the weekend, and got a lift in the back of a friend&#8217;s car. The driver had to take evasive action to avoid another car changing lanes. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spinal injury</title>
		<link>http://www.markthompsonlaw.com/2009/08/18/spinal-injury/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have pointed to the effect of a finding of contributory negligence elsewhere. The effect is greatest in the most severe injury cases, because the needs of the injured person are so great, and therefore expensive. If you are found to have contributed a percentage is fixed to identify your share of the blame for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tractor turns right</title>
		<link>http://www.markthompsonlaw.com/2009/08/17/tractor-turns-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A tractor turning right without indicating as a motorcyclist overtook had serious consequences.
The rider was knocked off his bike and then run over. Many fractures were suffered, together with a head injury. The accident brought to an end a promising military career, and in fact the combination of the physical disability, and more importantly, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lift accident kills two</title>
		<link>http://www.markthompsonlaw.com/2009/07/29/lift-accident-kills-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two young men died in a lift shaft at a council owned block of flats.
After a fatal accident the facts unravelled as the Police, Health and Safety Executive, and Coroner made their investigations.
The two men were scuffling after a party, fell against a lift door which opened like a cat-flap, and they fell down 14 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign accent syndrome</title>
		<link>http://www.markthompsonlaw.com/2009/07/29/foreign-accent-syndrome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The media reported the rare case of Linda Walker whose Geordie accent had turned Jamaican after suffering a stroke.
She was diagnosed with Foreign Accent Syndrome, a rare neurological condition that is caused by damage to the brain.
Having grown up in the Westerhope area of Newcastle she had naturally acquired a Geordie accent. She had spoken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motorcycle v U turning car</title>
		<link>http://www.markthompsonlaw.com/2009/07/29/motorcycle-v-u-turning-car/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jack&#8217;s was on his way home from work on his Kawasaki ZX9R, his pride and joy. The bike at the time was renowned for being the fastest bike on the road.
He had been travelling up hill on a dual carriageway and was just about to overtake a car on the inside lane when the car  [...]]]></description>
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