School caretaker in Britain wins compensation after ladder fall
2008-10-17 17:58:30

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London, June 27 , SPA -- A 73-year-old school caretaker in Britain Friday
won compensation after claiming that he fell off a stepladder because
the authorities had failed to show him how to use it, according to dpa.
Anthony Gower-Smith took his case to the High Court after falling
off a 1.80-metre high stepladder at a primary school in Romsey, in
the south-western county of Hampshire, in 2004.
He claimed his employers had not shown him how to use the ladder,
but the local council denied negligence. Gower-Smith worked part-time
at the school.
However, the High Court judge in London ruled that the council was
75 per cent to blame for the accident. The amount won by Gower-Smith
was not revealed.
Gower-Smith, who had asked for 50,000 pounds (100,000 dollars)
compensation, suffered a fractured skull, fractured cheek bone and
kidney injuries in the fall. He has not been able to work since the
accident.
--SPA

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