Businessman fined a hefty amount for a personal injury claim
A well established businessman had to shell out a hefty payout of £50,000 in response to personal injury compensation when one of the workers of his factory was left disabled after an accident at work.
The untoward incident to took place in November 2006 when the victim was badly injured in the event of falling pallet of marble tiles as he was helping in unloading the same from a container. He suffered badly and restrained multiple fractures which demanded a series of operations and medical procedures to bring him to a normal state.
Confessions were made at the court that the place was owned by the businessman and that he had given it on lease to someone else but the pallet of tiles was owned by the businessmen himself.
Therefore the court came to the conclusion that the businessman was guilty for not considering the health and safety rules at the workplace which led to the accident and harmed the victim’s life for no fault of his own. And therefore he was fined a sum of £30,000 and asked to pay the compensation to the victim of £50,000 along with the expenses incurred which were a total of £25,000.
The business man was ordered to re pay an amount of £20,000 as the legal aid and was allotted the duration of 12 months to pay the fixed compensation claim failing which he will have to face prison for 18 months.
Updated on 29/07/2010