Pages On: Shop Accidents

Wherever you shop, business have a duty of care to customers. If a company has failed in this and caused you injury, be it from a slip, trip or fall, collapsing displays or any other accident, you could claim occupiers liability compensation. This is why it is of utmost importance that stores provide a safe environment and train staff in maintaining it.

£75K fine for shopping centre after man loses big toe

Posted: 31 December 2015

Posted in: Foot Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Shop Accidents

After a man lost his big toe on a shopping centre’s escalator, the centre’s management agent has been fined £75,000. 27-year-old Michael Reddington had been shopping at the West End Arcade in Nottingham when a missing part of the escalator allowed him to get his foot trapped between two steps. It was heard that he had been picking up his dropped phone when he stepped onto the escalator, resulting in his oblivious foot placement. When the escalator reached the top, his foot was trapped, resulting in severe personal injury. The…

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Woman leaves M&S with ‘horrific’ burns

Posted: 29 July 2015

Posted in: Arm Injury, Leg Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Shop Accidents

A 44-year-old woman from Welwyn Garden City has suffered ‘horrific’ burns after trying to buy tea in the Howard Centre’s Marks & Spencer café last week. Donna O’Neill had two pots of boiling water poured over her, resulting in serious burns to her legs and arms. She claims that the design of the café’s counter is highly dangerous, and has called for something to be done to prevent the accident from happening again. Miss O’Neill said that she does not blame the store’s junior staff for the incident, but said…

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Young boy's head scarred by injury in Tesco

Posted: 24 July 2015

Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Shop Accidents

A three-year-old boy, Kayden Eweje, has been left scarred for life after an automatic door at Tesco closed on his face. The boy’s father, Ola Eweje, had been holding his son’s hand when the doors closed on his face upon entering the supermarket in Millstrood Road. Mr Eweje reported the incident to Tesco bosses, saying that his son is now scared of walking through doors and has been left with severe scarring on his head. He has demanded an apology and a payout. Supermarket bosses told Mr Eweje that a…

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