Poorly maintained public roads and paths are an issue in the public eye and do cause much damage and injury each year. The latest reported case shows that Kirklees Council may be in the position of defending or settling a claim made by a 67 year old lady after she tripped on a poor quality [...]
Written by admin
on April 20th, 2011
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A grandmother from Staffordshire has tripped and broken both ankles in a painful fall in a busy road. The 61 year old, Dorothy Bradbury, was in Hanley on a shopping trip with her husband when she tripped and fell over a pot hole in the main road. This caused breaks to both ankles and led [...]
Written by admin
on February 23rd, 2011
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A York cyclist suffered a broken jaw after falling from her bike as a result of riding over a pothole. She has been awarded £7,360 in accident and injury compensation. The deciding court, London’s Civil Appeal Court, heard that hairdresser Lauren Wilkinson was cycling to work in May 2006 when her front wheel crashed into [...]
Written by admin
on February 10th, 2011
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