Trips, Slips and Falls

    Trips, Slips and Falls

    • £55,000 Damages for Chip Shop Fall

      A man who fell onto a concrete floor in the fish and chip shop where he worked has won £55,000 in compensation. The man was placing some stock in an overhead storage area when the accident happened. He slipped and fell through a ceiling hatch onto the...

    • Amputee Awarded £35,000 for Fall

      A double leg amputee who fell on a poorly maintained footpath and injured his arm has been awarded £35,000 in compensation. Colin Adamson had previously lost part of both legs as a result of a road traffic accident in 1991. He later had an operation...

    • Baby Injured in Pavement Slip Wins Compensation

      The family of a baby who suffered a head injury when his mother tripped on an uneven pavement has won £2,500 in compensation. Joanne Moore was carrying her son Thomas in a baby sling when she tripped on an uneven paving slab and fell on top of him....

    • Bakery Worker Gets £80,000 After Fall From Ladder

      A bakery worker has won £80,000 in compensation after he fell from a ladder onto a concrete floor and broke his hip. Jeffery Phillips, 59, worked as a cleaner at a bakery and was working on top of a machine in preparation for a client visit. To reach...

    • Bouncy Castle Compensation Award

      A Durham man who was injured when trying to put away a bouncy castle was recently awarded £33,750 in compensation for a serious lower-back injury. The 51-year-old man was trying to move the rolled-up bouncy castle onto a trolley when the load shifted...

    • Boy Entitled to Damages from Council After Skylight Fall

      A Kent teenager has won the right to seek damages in the High Court after falling through the roof of the youth club at the Eden Valley School in 2001. Sixteen year-old Stephen Young climbed onto the roof of the youth club one night to retrieve a ball....

    • Caretaker Wins £6,700 for Broken Ankle

      A primary school caretaker has been awarded £6,700 in compensation after she slipped on a spillage and fractured her ankle. Jean Simpson, who was 58 at the time of the accident, was walking across the dining room floor of the school when she slipped....

    • Caretaker in Ladder Fall Wins Claim

      A school caretaker who fell off a ladder at work has won the right to compensation. Anthony Gower-Smith, 73, fell off a stepladder in 2004 while trying to remove a display from a wall of the school. He fractured his skull and suffered damage to his right...

    • Cashier Receives £9,000 for Fall

      A bank cashier has won compensation after she fractured her ankle at work when she fell down a step. Jackie Edwards had been seconded to a different branch of Lloyds TSB from the one where she usually worked. She was carrying two metal boxes from the safe...

    • Compensation Award for Injured Horse Trainer

      A horse trainer who was paralysed from the waist down following a riding accident has been awarded compensation of £1.5m by the High Court in London. Sally Wilson was training a mare for racing at her stable yard in Saltfleetby near Louth when the...

    • Compensation for Flagstone Trip

      An 81-year-old woman who tripped on a loose flagstone and injured her knee has been awarded compensation. Lilian Morgan tripped whilst walking through Northwich town centre. Since the accident, she has had to use a walking stick and has been unable to...

    • 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...

    • Councillor Wins Airport Slip Compensation

      A councillor who is no longer able to wear her large collection of high-heeled shoes after she slipped on a puddle of water has won the right to compensation. Tina Knight, 66, slipped on the water at Stansted Airport and suffered injuries to her knee, hip...

    • Councils Pay Out Millions for Trips and Slips

      Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act have revealed that Councils across the east of England have paid out £6 million over the last six years in compensation for pavement trips and slips. This figure excludes legal fees. Hertfordshire...

    • Court Awards Damages for Shop Worker's Ladder Fall

      A shop worker who slipped and fell while reaching for a box has won compensation of £9,600. Elizabeth McLachlan was employed at a branch of the Early Learning Centre in Glasgow as a senior sales assistant. A customer wished to see the size of the box...

    • Damages for Child Care Officer Assaulted by Teenager

      A former child care worker has been awarded damages after her employers failed to protect her from being attacked by a teenager. Ms Glynda Robinson, 60, worked for the Greenacre Children’s Unit in Crawley, West Sussex, as a senior child care officer....

    • Damages for Wet Platform Slip

      A woman who had to ‘cancel Christmas’ after she slipped on the platform at a railway station has won compensation for her injuries. In November 2006, Margot Keats, 61, was on her way to do some Christmas shopping when she slipped on the wet...

    • Dangerous Stairs Leave Woman Disabled

      A woman who was left disabled after she tripped down a flight of stairs at work has won £20,000 in compensation. Alain Sargent, 50, was working as an administrative officer at a Jobcentre in Broadstairs when the accident happened. She was walking down...

    • Delivery Driver Who Fell from Van Wins £500,000

      A compensation settlement of over £500,000 has been agreed for a delivery driver who fell from his van and suffered life-changing injuries. Colin White, 53, was working for a home deliveries firm when the accident happened. He and his colleague had...

    • 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,...

    • Engineer Receives £50,000 for Arm Injury

      An engineer from Kent whose right arm was severely injured after it was pulled into a bottle-making machine has received £50,000 in compensation. David Cotterrill, 29, was dragged into the machine by his shirt after he slipped on a pool of water and...

    • 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...

    • Fitter Injured in Ladder Fall Receives £24,000

      Workplace accidents involving falls from height are regrettably frequent. In 2008/09 there were 35 fatalities, 4,654 major injuries, and a further 7,065 injuries where the injured person had to take three or more days off work due to a fall from height. In...

    • 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...

    • Grandmother Awarded Compensation for Pavement Trip

      A pensioner from Ore in East Sussex has been awarded thousands of pounds in compensation for injuries she suffered when she tripped on a badly maintained pavement outside her house. Irene Saville, now 73, fell over a hole in the pavement as she was pushing...
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