Accident Compensation Claim Launched by OAP Hit by a Falling Ad Sign
A pensioner is launching an accident claim for £30,000 after claiming she was hit by a falling shop sign, as she walked along a city centre street on a windy day.
The five foot by four foot sign is said to have blown off a shop front and hit the pensioner, knocking her to the ground in Edinburgh's Hanover Street on 19 December, 2008.
She suffered a dislocated and fractured left shoulder, an extremely painful personal injury.
The 63-year-old, of Mayfield Road, is now filing a compensation claim from the firm who erected the sign, a Glasgow based group.
She claims they are responsible for not putting up the sign correctly and endangering the safety of the general public.
The firm however denies liability for the accident. It says that the sign was screwed correctly into the shop front by a joiner and checked for safety and sturdiness after erection.
It also stated that no problems with the signs stability were reported to them before the accident.
It also noted that a contract with the shop owner provided them with an indemnity.
Updated on 24/02/2010