A pupil is hoping to secure no win no fee accident claim compensation, for a primary school accident that left him suffering from severe and life-changing injuries, including the total loss of eyesight in his left eye and cognitive impairment.
The victim was injured when he lost his balance and fell onto the long handle of a schoolmate’s paint brush. The incident happened in April 2003 at Ladywell Primary School, Motherwell.
The end of the 12 inch-long brush went into the ten-year-old’s left eye and brain, leaving him with severe disabilities, the Court of Session in Edinburgh heard.
The effects of his accident injuries have left him with “significant cognitive impairment” including poor concentration and memory, as well as chronic fatigue.
Personal injury solicitors representing the boy’s claim said that he is now unlikely to ever perform gainful employment, take care of himself or live independently.
The council is contesting the no win, no fee compensation action, claiming that the damages being sought are unreasonable.
I understand this is an unfortunate event, but surely if pupils are correctly supervised the chance of things like this happening are very rare. I hope this family get their compensation and maybe it will make schools more aware of risks like this and it can be PREVENTED. I realise my feelings appear quite strong but this is not the only occurance of preventable accidents in schools in recent months
It is about time that schools were made responsible for unacceptable supervision. Schools are an essential place for young peole and children to go to, but as a parent you should not have to worry about what might happen. I would expect cuts and scrapes that is part of being a child but this is extreme
this is a very sad accident but when we send are children to school we exspect them to be looked after,this is a very serious accident , i think the school should take some blame,for lack of supervison.
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He had such a good job transporting new cars which sounds like on the track side and he ends up with £35,000 for falling over!!
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