If your child has sustained an injury in a playground due to a faulty piece of equipment or a dangerous hazard on the playground surface, you may be entitled to make playground injury claims for compensation. In order to be successful, playground injury claims have to demonstrate that a school, local council or private business failed in their duty of care to provide a safe environment for your child to play in and your child sustained an injury as a direct result. Parents and guardians can make playground injury claims on their child´s behalf acting as their “litigation friend” however, as playground injury compensation settlements for children have to be approved by a judge before payment can be made, it is recommended to speak with a personal injury lawyerprior to making playground injury claims for compensation.
A janitor has been awarded compensation for a slip on ice at school – the injuries from which resulted in him losing his job. In November 2010, Stephen McKeown from Port Glasgow in Inverclyde worked as a janitor at St Stephen´s High School in Port Glasgow. One week, he was asked to cover for the … Read more
A claim for an assault course accident, in which a Hampshire scout leader fractured a vertebra in his back, has been resolved in the High Court for £167,514. Robert Wilson (49) from Bordon in Hampshire made his claim for assault course accident compensation after sustaining an injury while leading his scout troop on the Challenge … Read more