Trips, Slips and Falls

  • £7,500 for Boy's Climbing Frame Fall

    A young boy who fell off a climbing frame onto a concrete surface in 2009 has won £7,500 in compensation from Suffolk County Council. Jamie Griffin, now 10, was using the climbing frame in the playground at Burton End Primary School in Haverhill when...

  • Grandmother Wins Appeal Over Leg Broken in Santa's Grotto

    A grandmother who fractured her hip when she tripped on a Christmas tree decoration in Santa’s grotto in Selfridges in 2009 has won her claim for compensation after the Court of Appeal ruled that Father Christmas and his assistant should have made sure...

  • Engineer Who Fell Through Roof Wins £164,000

    An engineer who was seriously injured when he fell through a roof has won more than £164,000 in damages. The 66-year-old man worked for electronics and electrical engineering company Siemens. He was installing CCTV cameras at Liverpool Lime Street...

  • Construction Worker Awarded Millions for Scaffolding Fall

    The construction industry is one of the most dangerous in which to earn a living. A construction worker who was seriously injured in a fall from height at work has secured a compensation package worth millions of pounds. The 38-year-old man was working for...

  • School Worker Receives £15,900 for Toilet Fall

    A school worker who fell from a toilet she was standing on in order to open a window has been awarded £15,900 in damages . Marie Wallace, 64, was a clerical assistant at Kirkriggs School in Glasgow. The accident happened when she attempted to open...

  • £64,500 for Warehouse Slip

    Slipping or tripping is the single most common cause of major injury in UK workplaces. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reports that more than 10,000 workers suffered serious injury as a result of a slip or trip in the year 2009/2010. This figure...

  • £40,000 Damages for Factory Fall

    A man who tripped and suffered a severe knee injury at work has won £40,000 in damages. The unnamed man suffered the accident while working for a motor manufacturer. He was walking across an area of the factory floor which had been covered with a...

  • £10,500 for Supermarket Grape Slip

    A man who slipped on a grape at a supermarket in Peterborough has been awarded £10,500 in damages. Thomas Wardle brought a claim against Asda after he slipped and injured himself in January 2008. The exact nature of his injury is not known but it is...

  • Flower Arranger Wins Compensation for Church Fall

    A woman who sought compensation after slipping and falling on an ill-fitting church doormat has reached an undisclosed settlement. The accident happened in 2007, when Margaret Graham, 78, was preparing flower arrangements for a Sunday service at the St...

  • Employer Liable for Workplace Fall and Later Injury

    The former employer of a ceiling fixer who suffered an acute head injury in a workplace fall has lost its appeal against the level of damages awarded by the lower court. Stephen Dalling, 31, was working for R J Heale & Co Ltd. in a disused factory,...
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