Landmark ruling: suicide was company's fault

The House of Lords has said that the widow of a man who killed himself six years after an industrial accident should be compensated by his former employers.

Five law lords upheld a Court of Appeal judgment of March 2006 that IBC Vehicles was responsible for the death of Thomas Corr, who threw himself from a multi-storey car park in May 2002.

Corr severed most of his right ear at the Luton IBC car factory while working on the production line. He suffered from headaches, tinnitus and post t... (246 more words)

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