Dec 01 2011
Personal Injury Compensation Claim for Child hit by Falling Rolling Pin
A parent is launching a personal injury claim for £100,000 after her young child was struck by a rolling pin which fell from a third floor shop window. Personal injury solicitors have been employed by the family for not only the child’s injuries but the distress caused to the family.
The youngster, just 20 months old at the time of the incident fractured her skull under the weight of the falling rolling pin when the incident took place in 2008, and Boots have already been fined £6,500 for the incident by Dundee Sheriff Courts, but the victim’s mother will now seek personal damages for her daughter’s injuries, after the chain admitted breaches of their health and safety regulations.
The sum of £100,000 is for the personal injury of the girl and the distress and alarm suffered by the parent, who is counted as a secondary victim in the compensation claim.
Separate claims are also being launched by the child’s grandparents, to the sum of £20,000 each. They have alleged to have suffered a variety of mental symptoms as a result of the incident, having both been present at the time of the incident.
Having admitted liability for the accident, Boots will pay compensation for the injuries of the child but have contested the secondary claims, as being too remote. They maintain that they are not liable for the emotional reactions of secondary victims of the incident.
Mother and grandfather had entered the store during the time of the incident, while grandmother had remained outside with the infant. It was at this time that the child was struck on the head by the falling rolling pin. A CT scan carried out at a nearby hospital revealed that the child had suffered a fractured skull and internal bleeding.