OAP makes personal injury compensation claim after fall
AN OAP is to make a compensation claim after falling from her wheelchair on what she says was an uneven pavement.
Daphne Slater, 73, says she is fearful of leaving her house after the accident, which happened near her home in Nuthall, Nottinghamshire.
Now the pensioner is filing a personal injury compensation claim against the local authorityafter suffering black eyes, bruising down the side of her face and having stitches on her nose and X-rays on her hands and feet following the fall.
Her family says that when she got in touch with Nottinghamshire County Council, staff told her that the pavement was routinely checked and did not require repair work, although the authority admitted to resurfacing it a month after the accident.
The council has written to Mrs Slater to say that it is not liable for the injuries, but she is going to press ahead with the compensation claim.
Her son Stephen had been pushing her to the doctor’s when they fell on what they said was a sharp rise in the pavement.
Ms Slater received a letter from the Council saying it was not liable for any injury suffered. She says that she will be appealing against the decision and is seeking personal injury accident compensation.
A council spokesman said: “It is inappropriate for us to comment on a compensation claim that it is still under investigation.”