Slipping Accident Case Study

Pearson Rowe solicitors successfully settled a case on behalf of a client who met with a slipping accident at a popular tenpin bowling venue in Birmingham. Although she met with accident two years earlier, she only instructed us to pursue her claim, when a friend mentioned to her that she should pursue a claim for personal injuries.

Our client had started working at the bowling complex a few weeks before her accident. She did not receive any training or proper instructions. On one particular evening, she was acting in the course of employment patrolling some of the tenpin bowling lanes. On one particular lane the ball got stuck in the middle of the lane and she was instructed by the customers to remove the obstructing ball, so they could continue with the game.

It was unknown to our client that parts of the bowling lane was safe to walk on because they had not been waxed. Had she been trained properly, she would have known where to place her foot. When she went to retrieve the ball and stepped upon the lane, she slipped and fell fracturing her ankle. The claim was successfully pursued against her employer, who admitted liability. Medical evidence was obtained and an offer to settle the claim in the sum of £3250 agreed within 11 months of initiating the claim. Apart from the initial visit to our offices to provide detailed instructions, all other dealings were by telephone, letter or e-mail.

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