Teacher awarded £300,000 after slipping on grape

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MaryPoppins replied

15 April 2011, 15:02
Originally posted by b0redom View Post

I stood on a grape once. I didn't hurt myself, but the grape gave a little wine.
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TimberWolf replied

15 April 2011, 14:50
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

Total madness.

If you slip on a grape, tough tulip. Look where you are going you cretin.

I'd make a great judge in these cases.

The way to judge these matters is to view money as a great big pile of potential happiness to be spent at no cost to oneself. What a great job it must be to spend other people's money all day, making people happy.

I forgot to post the link:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education...-on-grape.html

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b0redom replied

15 April 2011, 14:42
I stood on a grape once. I didn't hurt myself, but the grape gave a little wine.
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DimPrawn replied

15 April 2011, 14:36
Total madness.

If you slip on a grape, tough tulip. Look where you are going you cretin.

I'd make a great judge in these cases.
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TimberWolf started a topic Teacher awarded £300,000 after slipping on grape

15 April 2011, 14:33
Teacher awarded £300,000 after slipping on grape

[Although in the first sentence of the article that was downgraded to £200,000]

Hundreds of teachers were awarded damages last year for injuries, accidents, assaults and unfair dismissal, some earning more than £500,000.

The total amount awarded in 2010 is likely to be higher than £22 million because details of only a limited number of cases have been made public.

Boomed

The teacher who slipped on a grape, which had been left on a stairwell, won the compensation because it aggravated an existing hernia problem, leaving him unable to work due to chronic pain.

If only we had a free health service that could handle hernias (or herniae). Still, I'd rather have the money.
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