A rambler who was injured while crossing a bridge on a public footpath has won compensation from the local council. Birgit Green, 63, was crossing the bridge in a nature reserve in East Sussex when part of the wooden planking collapsed....

A nursery nurse who was injured when she tripped over in the car park at her workplace has been awarded £3,750 in damages. Fiona Denial was walking to her car after work when she fell over a pothole and injured her ankle. She...

A school caretaker who fell off a ladder at work has won the right to compensation. Anthony Gower-Smith, 73, fell off a stepladder in 2004 while trying to remove a display from a wall of the school. He fractured his skull and suffered...

A 14-year-old girl who was paralysed when a neighbour’s porch collapsed on top of her has been awarded damages of £300,000. Zoe Talbot was 10 years old when the accident happened in 2004. She was playing with her friend next...

A pensioner who fell two storeys from a hospital balcony has been awarded £230,000 in compensation.   Dorothy Cardno, 67, was admitted to hospital after suffering a minor heart attack. Three days later,...

A man whose career was ended when he slipped down a grass verge at work has been awarded £250,000 in compensation. Mr Smith, 61, was reading meters at one of the factories owned by his employer, Glen Dimplex Cooking. To gain...

Statistics show that slipping and tripping are the most common causes of injuries in UK workplaces. Last year, slips and trips resulted in nearly 11,000 major injuries. A woman recently won damages after she slipped on some vomit and hurt...

The family of a baby who suffered a head injury when his mother tripped on an uneven pavement has won £2,500 in compensation. Joanne Moore was carrying her son Thomas in a baby sling when she tripped on an uneven paving slab and...

A mother has won her battle for damages from Edinburgh City Council after she injured herself in a fall caused by a hole in the road. The hole had been there for some time and was one metre square and two inches deep. Amanda Scott, 29,...

A commuter has won the right to damages for injuries he sustained when he slipped on the pavement outside a florist’s shop. Brian Piccolo, 50, was walking past Chiltern Flowers at Marylebone Station in London when he slipped on a petal and fell,...