Accidents in Public Places

A shopper who was injured when he tried to lift a faulty box containing flat-pack furniture has won £11,000 in damages. The man was shopping at a major supermarket when the accident happened. He wished to buy the furniture and was attempting to remove...

A grandmother has won substantial compensation for injuries she sustained when she slipped on a spillage at an ASDA superstore. Patricia Hill, 73, was shopping at the Rivergate store in Peterborough when she slipped on what was thought to be vegetable...

A man who tripped on a raised paving stone in the pedestrian area of a high street has won £5,000 in compensation for his injuries. The area was paved with small granite blocks, one of which was standing proud of the others. The man tripped over it...

A shopper who tripped over a pothole in the pavement has won £3,100 in compensation. Terence Wakefield, 78, was walking through a local market in June last year when he tripped over the pothole. He reached out with his hands to try to break his fall...

A shopper who was injured at an outdoor market has secured £30,000 in compensation. The unnamed woman was passing a stall in the market when the accident happened. A large metal pole fell from the stall and hit her on the shoulder. Her shoulder was...

A woman who tripped over an uneven road surface and fractured her hip has won compensation of £9,500. The woman was walking to the shops when the accident happened. Her foot became caught in a sunken drainage grate and she fell to the ground. She...

A pensioner from West Bromwich has won £25,000 in damages after she was injured when a bus driver pulled away as she was getting off at her stop. Doreen Tyler, 82, was stepping off the bus when it started moving again. Realising that she was still on...

A disabled man has recently won compensation of £80,000 after he was thrown out of his wheelchair when it hit a pothole. The man, 56, and his brother were on their way home from a concert. His brother was pushing him over a dimly lit bridge when the...

A woman who was sprayed in the face with CS gas by police while on a night out in Dewsbury has accepted £7,000 in settlement of her claim for compensation. Debbie O’Reilly, 45, was on a night out with a friend in August 2007. They met her...

A recent case serves as a reminder to occupiers or owners of premises which are visited by the public that they have a duty to take timely action to prevent injuries caused by ice or snow where they know, or ought to have known, that there was a risk of an...

A woman has won damages of £9,000 for her injuries after slipping on a wooden footbridge. The accident happened in the winter, when the surface of the river crossing was dangerously slippery. The woman slipped and fell, with the result that she...

A disabled man who was injured whilst travelling on a bus that was being driven erratically has won £10,000 in compensation. The man, who had pre-existing brain injuries, got on the bus in his wheelchair. The wheelchair area was occupied by...

A seven-year-old girl has been awarded damages of £3,000 from a pub chain after trapping her finger in a cupboard door. Caitlyn Ratcliffe was at a friend’s birthday party at a ‘Wacky Warehouse’ when the accident happened. A member of...

A total of £75,000 has been awarded in compensation to six people who fell and were injured whilst enjoying a night out at a Council-run nightclub. The clubbers had all attended special theme nights at the club in Wolverhampton Civic Hall. The...

A cyclist who suffered serious injuries after the wheel of her bicycle hit a hole in the road has won almost £17,000 in damages. The unnamed 59-year-old woman was commuting to work when the accident happened. In her path was a sunken drain in a large...

Supermarket giant Tesco has settled a personal injury claim following the death of a pensioner who had, a few months earlier, suffered terrible injuries when she was caught in a sliding door at the company’s Long Row store in Nottingham. Margaret...

A man who suffered severe brain damage when he slipped and fell on an uneven public road in North London has received an interim payment of £75,000. Kyle Bullock, 33, was walking with friends down a steep and poorly maintained road when the accident...

A boy who was left with severe brain damage after he was injured in a fall at a children’s nursery has been awarded a sizeable settlement in compensation. The accident happened when James Pitcher was just nine months old. He fell off a changing table...

A British holidaymaker who was badly injured in a crash while on a bus tour in Malaysia has been awarded £90,000 in compensation at the High Court. Gail Griffin, 46, and her husband were on an adventure holiday, travelling from Tanjung Gemok in...

A woman who was injured when a stack of doormats fell from a high shelf in a hardware store has won £20,000 in compensation. The woman, who was browsing in an aisle of the store, was suddenly hit on the head and shoulder by the thick rubber doormats....

A rugby player from Wales whose jaw was broken when he was punched by an opponent has been awarded £1,500 in compensation. Richard Mark Williams was playing in a Swalec Cup game when the incident occurred. He was kicking the ball downfield and an...

A student who was injured after a pub seat collapsed underneath him has received £1,200 in damages from the brewery. Faisal Hakeem, 20, was out with friends at a bar in Manchester when the bench on which he was sitting gave way. A protruding nail...

A woman left brain damaged after being trampled by cows whilst out walking her dog along a public footpath has won damages from the farmer. Shirley McKaskie, 54, was walking her Jack Russell puppy across farmland. She had wandered a short distance from the...

A pensioner who tripped on a pavement and suffered serious injuries to her face and jaw has won a substantial amount in compensation. Joan Heppenstall, 75, tripped on a raised paving slab on the way back to her car after visiting a friend. Her jaw hit the...

When a spillage on a road causes an accident, it is often difficult to determine who was responsible for the hazardous conditions. However, a cyclist who was injured after getting stuck in farm waste has received an undisclosed amount in compensation from...