Personal injury compensation payout for officer’s unfitted stab vest
A Teesside community enforcement officer who suffered a shoulder personal injury as a result of second-hand body armour, has been awarded compensation claim pay-out for his work accident injuries.
The second-hand stab vest was given to the 31-year-old, to help protect him while working in potentially dangerous areas of Stockton.
However, metal plates in the stab vest were of different weights and sizes, causing the community police officer to suffer uneven stress on his body, eventually developing the shoulder pain.
A judge hearing the personal injury case at Middlesbrough County Court, ordered the council to pay £2,000 injury compensation, in addition to £50,000 legal costs.
The injury compensation was awarded for damages and lost earnings. Stockton Council is appealing against the legal fees they have been ordered to pay in addition to payout.
Updated on 03/02/2010