Accident compensation claim for personal injury at school, nursery, prep-school, college, university?
Our injury lawyers are experienced in dealing with all types of educational personal injury compensation claim.
Although schools are usually regarded as one of the safest placed to be, there wil always be accidents caused by negligence. There might be an accident caused by slipping, for example spilled liquids on the floor, leaking fluids from pipes or equipment, food allowed to remain non the floor in the school canteen.
Pupils may trip on cables, or perhaps at pot holes in the playground, or defective stairs or walkway around the school campus. All tripping hazards are the potential cause of personal injury. Lack of supervison or poor inadequate supervision can also be the cause of an injury.
Playgrounds are often laid with tarmac or bitmac. If the surface is not gritted during cold weather, then the school may well be liable when ice forms and children slip and fall over. It is because of this that schools often close during snow falls. It often has nothing to do with the lack of heating, it is to avoid pupils injuring themselves.
Schools and colleges are no different to any other business, in that they have to look afetr the safety of the individuals who enter their property. Indeed, it may be argued that all educational establishments have a greater duty of care given the individuals are often not adults.
Whatever the accident or injury, please telephone us now for free advice on wheter you have a viable claim.