A THREE AND A HALF INCH HOLE IN AN OFFICE FLOOR WH

A THREE AND A HALF INCH HOLE IN AN OFFICE FLOOR WHICH CAUSED

AN ACCIDENT 10 YEARS AGO COST THE LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN #110,000

AT THE HIGH COURT IN LONDON ON TUESDAY.

SOCIAL WORK AIDE GRACE MEGRATH, 41, OF (11) BROADWAY AVENUE,
TWICKENHAM, WON THE MONEY IN AN OUT OF COURT SETTLEMENT AFTER
THE COUNCIL ADMITTED LIABILITY FOR THE JULY, 1977 ACCIDENT THAT LEFT
HER WITH PERMANENT BACK PROBLEMS.

MRS MEGRATH, WHO STILL WALKS WITH A STICK, FELL AFTER CATCHING

HER BOOT HEEL IN THE HOLE WHEN STEPPING BACK FROM A DESK IN THE

COUNCIL’S WELLESLEY ROAD SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THE HOLE WAS AN OUTLET FOR TELEPHONE CABLE.

DESPITE AN OPERATION TO REMOVE A PROLAPSED DISC, MRS MEGRATH

STILL SUFFERS SEVERE PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK, AND FINDS SITTING,

WALKING AND OTHER MOVEMENT DIFFICULT.

SPEAKING AFTER THE CASE, A SMILING MRS MEGRATH SAID SHE WOULD BE
‘SEEKING ADVICE ON INVESTMENTS’.

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