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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.
Falling store mirror causes child’s death
Posted: 20 June 2013
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Personal Injury, Public Place Accidents, Shop Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A young boy has died after a mirror fell in designer clothing shop ‘Hugo Boss’. Four-year-old Austen Harrison suffered severe head injuries, which caused his death in hospital on the 8th of June after shopping with family at the Bicester Village fashion outlet in Oxford. Described by relatives as being a “bright and vibrant boy”, he died four days after the store accident at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Thames Valley Police are investigating the death alongside help from the Cherwell District Council, which are assisting with health and safety…
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