A WOOLWORTH’S CUSTOMER KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS AFTER T
A WOOLWORTH’S CUSTOMER KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS AFTER TRIPPING OVER
A LAWN MOWER HANDLE WILL GET A #13,000 COMPENSATION PAYOUT IT WAS
DECIDED IN THE HIGH COURT ON THURSDAY.
PETER ROBINSON, 39, OF HONOR OAK PARK, FOREST HILL FELL OVER
THE HANDLE PROTRUDING INTO THE SHOPING AISLE AT THE LEWISHAM STORE
FOUR YEARS AGO.
SINCE THE ACCIDENT HE HAS SUFFERED FROM TINNITUS IN BOTH EARS THE
COURT HEARD.
MR.
CHRISTOPHER MORRIS-COOLE REPRESENTING MR ROBINSON HAD TOLD
THE COURT THAT THE TINNITUS – CONSTANT RINGING IN THE EARS – MEANT
HE OFTEN HAD TROUBLE SLEEPING AT NIGHT.
HE SAID MR.
ROBINSON FREQUENTLY SUFFERED FROM LOSS OF
CONCENTRATION, IMPAIRED JUDGEMENT AND IRRITABILITY.
HE SAID: ‘IT’S A SOCIAL DISABILITY, HIS FRIENDS ARE GETTING
FED UP WITH IT.
‘
MR.
ROBINSON HAD BEEN WANDERING THROUGH WOOLWORTHS GARDENING
DEPARTMENT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON APRIL 4, 1982.
AS HE LOKED AT GOODS ON A HIGHER SHELF HE DID NOT SEE THE
LAWNMOWER HANDLE.
F.
W.
WOOLWORTH AND COMPANY CLAIMED MR.
ROBINSON HAD BEEN
NEGLIGENT IN NOT WATCHING WHERE HE WAS GOING AND THATTHE ACCIDENT
WAS A UNIQUE OCCURENCE.
THEY MAINTAINED THAT THE LAWN MOWER BOX, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN
CLOSED, MUST HAVE BEEN LEFT OPEN BY ANOTHER CUSTOMER.
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