From trapped fingers to dance floor danger: Obscure and expensive Wolverhampton council claims
The top ten most expensive and out of the ordinary claims paid out by Wolverhampton council.
2013-2014: Homecare service user fall – resulted in a payout of £92,500
2010-2011: Slipped on liquid dancing – £35,000
2014-2015: Claimant tripped over a pothole – £22,481.42
2014-2015: Slipped on snow – £22,000
2014-2015: Slip on wet dance floor – £20,000
2014-2015: Slipped on wet floor – £18,841
2012-2013: Attack by pupil – £18,000
2014-2015: Finger trapped in door – costing £17,500 in compensation
2010-2011: Physically abused and sexually assaulted – £16,000
2012-2013: Tripped and fell due to protruding metal on the pavement – £15,000
2009-2010: Pupil bit off finger of assistant – leading to payout of £3,500
2009-2010: Excessive heavy bin liners of rubbish – £1,750
2009-2010: Slipped on wet dance floor – £3,750
2010-2011: Spillage of hot food - burns – £3,178
2011-2012: Metal oven trays fell on claimant whilst mopping floor – £4,000
2011-2012: Metal fixing of curtain fell onto claimant – £4,500
2012-2013: Claimant was putting up a display when a wall mounted TV & video fell – £4,879.55
2013-2014: Banged head on tree when using zip wire – resulted in £1,250 payout
2013-2014 – Claimants wrist was trapped by bin – £4,220
2014-2015 – Slipped on food waste - cafe area – £1,000
2014-2015 – Seating in showers collapsed causing injury' – £4,793.96
