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Being able to visit a restaurant is usually a very positive experience to share with friends and family. All restaurants, bars, and cafés have a duty of care to your health and safety which, when breached, can cause injury. If you have suffered from an accident in a restaurant, such as a slip and fall, you may be entitled to claim personal injury compensation.
Man seriously injures three strangers
Posted: 30 December 2014
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Head and Brain Injuries, Restaurant Accidents
A man has been charged after punching three strangers in the face as they left a bar in Plymouth. 25-year-old Dominic Shorten assaulted the individuals in an unprovoked attack, knocking one of them unconscious. Mr Shorten admitted the three counts of assault against Mr Alexander, Ross Pettitt and James Spingnall on 17 September at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court. Claire Tresidder, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said that the three men had been walking towards Boomerangs at around 10pm when the assaults happened. Mr Shorten confronted the men and punched Mr Alexander in…
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OAP wins Starbucks payout
Posted: 31 December 2013
Posted in: Leg Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Restaurant Accidents, Shop Accidents
An OAP that slipped on the floor in a Midland branch of Starbucks coffee house has won a four-figure payout from the multinational chain. Seventy-one-year-old Rosemarie Duggan from Perry Bar had been at the chain’s Bescot Retail Park outlet in Walsall when she slipped on the ‘greasy’ floor. Mrs Duggan suffered a torn hamstring in the fall, despite other customers already having complained about the dangers of the floor condition. Mrs Duggan was immediately taken to Sandwell General Hospital where she was provided with crutches, anti-inflammatory cream and strong analgesia…
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