A survey has revealed that popular UK tourist attractions have been hit for millions of pounds in personal injury compensation claims by visitors who have hurt themselves on days out.
A study carried out by the Sunday Telegraph asked 24 organisations, managing hundreds of tourist attractions between them, how much they had paid out in the last five years. It discovered that £2,149,345 in legal costs and compensation had been awarded.
Some of the accident claims include:
- A woman, who while trespassing at Carlisle Castle, fell into a moat and injured her hip. She was awarded £15,000 and £37,250 legal costs.
- Legal fees of £29,863 and compensation of £23,863 was paid to a woman who hurt her hip in a revolving door at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
- 53 claims successfully made against British waterways for trips and falls on its property. The total amount paid out topped £350,000 including one awarded for £50,000 to a visitor who, due to faulty brickwork on a lock at the Kennet and Avon Canal, fell and injured a knee.
Not every payout was for personal injury. Other compensation claims included £179 paid by the British library for a suit that was damaged by hand soap from a dispenser, £120 for a suede leather jacket that was damaged after a visitor at the Tower of London was forced to wear a sticker on the jacket bearing his name and English Heritage’s smallest payout was for £150 in veterinarian fees for a dog who fell in a hole whilst visiting Pendennis Castle, Cornwall.
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