Slip and trip accident claims

A 39 year old care worker is to make a personal injury compensation claim after she tripped over a bollard last year and broke her left knee. The Scottish care worker said the accident happened around 7:30pm in the evening. She added that she didn’t see the broken bollard because it was already getting dark. She said, she only got to know of the bollard’s existence when she fell and broke her left knee. She went on to say that she would need to be in a plaster for around six weeks ....

Ronald Fryer, 79, suffered an injury after he slipped in St Peter’s Drive Tesco in Worcester. Mr Fryer had previously sustained a similar right ankle injury from his football playing days that was suffered back in 1971. Mr Fryer suffered the injury as he slipped and fell at the entrance just inside the store. He was in agony immediately afterwards. He said the pain was unbearable and that he hoped nobody else slips in the store and gets the same injury. Following his injury, an X-Ray a....

Donna Taylor is pursuing a pothole claim for compensation after her daughter sustained injuries when she tripped on the road. Ms Taylor’s daughter suffered bruising and swelling as a result of the fall caused by a pothole in the road. Ms Taylor insisted that South Tyneside Council had been previously warned about the danger of up to eight potholes in the road, but had failed to do anything about it. Ms Taylor is now launching a legal action against the council on behalf of her daughter....

Daryl Phillimore, 43, is suing his council for £50,000 after tripping on a wonky paving stone two years ago. Mr Phillimore, 43, fell while walking his dog. The next day he was in agony and had to go back to hospital. Five weeks later he left hospital minus three toes and a quarter of his right foot. It had become infected and the doctors said it had to be amputated. Mr Phillimore claims that he had previously, on two or three occasions, warned the authority about loose slabs near his h....

A 73 year old grandmother has secured ‘substantial’ compensation, after she slipped and fell in her local Asda supermarket in Peterborough. The elderly woman slipped on a discarded vegetable in 2008 fracturing bones in her knee. Patricia Hill, 73, was left house bound for six months following the accident. Mrs Hill said after her accident, she couldn’t get downstairs and couldn’t even get her own post. She said that, apart from two hospital visits she didn’t even ....

A woman, who claimed £6 million after a swimming pool accident, has lost her case in the High Court today. Kylie Grimes, 23, was left paralysed after hitting her head on the bottom of a swimming pool at a friend’s home. Miss Grimes of Farnham, Surrey was claiming compensation on the basis that there were no warning signs around the pool at Mr. Hawkins home, making it clear that guests should not dive, or indicating the depth of the water. She suffered severe head and neck injuries af....

A Crook was jailed for trying to obtain compensation from various local councils and Transport for London (TfL), for made up injuries. Nathan Williams, 38, who had never suffered from any personal injuries, said he had tripped and fallen on the pavement in streets in Greenwich, Hackney, Haringey, Lewisham, Westminster, Wandsworth, Tower Hamlets and Southwark between 2007 and 2008. If the 38-year-old had succeeded with his fake claims, he would have pocketed more than £20,000 - and would ha....

Nathan Williams, 38, of Dean Street, Soho who claimed slip and trip injury compensation from eight London local authorities-including Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Westminster, Wandsworth, Southwark and Lewisham after apparently suffering injuries following falls on pavements is facing fraud charges. He has been charged with attempting to obtain money by deception from eight local councils and is due to appear before City of Westminster magistrates’ court on 1st September 2010. Between 2007 and ....