A leisure firm based in the Scottish county of Fife is reportedly facing a public liability case which could result in a damages payment of £1 million, after a teacher suffered an accident at one of its karting tracks. Driveflight, a company based in Glenrothes but which has karting tacks in a number of different …
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Horse riding school pays out £37k in compensation after rider fall
A horse riding school in Wales has been ordered to pay out a total of £37,000 in accident compensation to a woman who was injured following a serious horse riding fall. Ceri Tonkinson was riding at the Cosmeton Country Park back in July 2007 when the incident occurred. Instructor Stephen Davies, from the Penarth Downside …
Wal-Mart Canada faces public liability lawsuit over ‘flammable’ T-shirt
The family of a five-year-old girl from Ottawa in Canada who was badly burnt after playing with a lighter are reportedly considering taking legal action against Wal-Mart, alleging that the T-shirt she was wearing was far too flammable. According to the family, 5-year-old Alia McTiernan was playing with her siblings when they found a lighter …
Eva Longoria’s Las Vegas restaurant sued over diner fall
Actress Eva Longoria, best known for her role on the hit US TV show Desperate Housewives, is reportedly facing a public liability lawsuit after a woman allegedly slipped and injured herself at the Las Vegas restaurant Longoria owns. According to the lawsuit, which has been filed at L.A. County Superior Court, Luiza Boyadijan claims she …
Boots facing £100k public liability lawsuit over baby injury
The leading retail chain Boots is facing a claim for £100,000 in compensation after a rolling pin fell from its third floor window and fractured the skull of a baby below. Mother Claire Burns, 32 from Fife, says that the incident occurred on a shopping trip to Dundee in 2008. She and her father, Henry …
Golf club faces public liability fine after woman is hit with golf ball
A golf club has been ordered to pay a £5,000 fine after a businesswoman using its golf course was hit by a stray golf ball and injured. Rachel Davis, a marketing consultant, was hit in the face by a golf ball at the Branston Golf and Country Club in Staffordshire after she had finished her …
Disneyland sued over ‘potentially dangerous’ lead exposure
An environmental group has reportedly filed a lawsuit against the California-based theme park Disneyland. The lawsuit was filed by the Mateel Environment Justice Foundation following accusations that numerous attractions in the park contain potentially dangerous levels of lead, and that children could exposed to it. The attractions cited in the legal documents include the stained …
Marks & Spencer hit with huge fine in asbestos exposure case
The retail giant Marks & Spencer has been fined a total of £1 million after it was found that the company put customers and employees in danger by potentially exposing them to asbestos during a store refurbishment. The company received the fine after inspectors found that an expensive refurbishment of one of its stores in …
Sussex schools sued over slips and falls
Schools in Sussex are reportedly facing a wave of lawsuits from parents and visitors after a number of slips, falls and other accidents were reported. In one claim, a school is being sued for £20,000 after someone walking on a carpeted corridor slipped on a sweet wrapper. In another, a pupil at a school in …
Insurance association chief urges firms to get public liability insurance
The head of the Association of Insurance and Risk Managers in Industry and Commerce has warned businesses that they could incur significant costs if they do not have public liability insurance in place. Chief executive John Hurrell said that without public liability insurance cover, businesses face “very significant” risks. He explained how it is difficult …
