Trips, Slips and Falls

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A marine safety engineer who was seriously injured when he fell off a roof at work has won £100,000 in damages. The man was instructed by his employer to carry out work on a roof area used for storage. There were no guardrails on the roof and he fell...

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...

A pensioner who slipped and fell in a Marks and Spencer food hall has been awarded compensation of £7,500 for her injuries. Janet Morritt, 71, slipped on a wet patch caused by a spillage of prawn cocktail from the salad counter and water from the...

A wheelchair user who was injured on council property has been awarded £6,000 in compensation. Leslie Willans was injured while attending a wedding at the Gateshead Council Civic Centre. After leaving the register office, he fell out of his wheelchair...

The Court of Appeal has upheld the compensation award of a woman who injured her ankle when she tripped on a footpath outside her home. Louise Bell, 49, brought a claim for compensation against the London Borough of Havering. She told the County Court that...

Tourist attractions in Britain have paid out millions in compensation for slips and trips over the last five years, according to a recent survey. The survey was conducted by the Sunday Telegraph and covered 24 organisations responsible for hundreds of...

A prisoner who fell from his bunk bed and suffered permanent brain damage has won £4.7 million in damages. Ryan St George was in Brixton prison serving a four-month sentence for theft. The authorities were aware that he was an intravenous heroin...

A man who tripped over at work and suffered a broken foot has won £210,000 in damages. The unnamed man, who had worked as a mechanical engineer for more than 30 years, was working on the refurbishment of a turbine at a power station. He tripped...

An experienced scaffolder who sustained severe injuries in a 40-foot fall has won a £90,000 compensation settlement. Trevor Cox, 43, had worked as a scaffolder for 20 years and had never had an accident before. He had just started dismantling...

A woman who was off work for several months after she tripped in the street has been awarded £12,000 in compensation for her injuries. The unnamed woman was on her way home from the town centre when she tripped over a kerb stone that had fallen below...

A student who suffered horrific brain injuries after falling 20 feet onto a concrete surface has won the right to compensation. Jonathan Harvey was a student at Southampton University when the accident happened. He had been out drinking with friends and had...

A woman who slipped on some spilt food in a restaurant has won £11,500 in damages. The unnamed woman was a spectator at a sporting event when the accident happened. She had bought some food in the restaurant area and was walking away from the counter...