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Award for trip and fall

A grandmother has been awarded £2,758 after injuring her leg as she fell down a flight of stone steps at her granddaughter’s wedding. She was awarded the sum in an out of court settlement against hotel. She lost her footing because the red carpet laid on the steps was not fixed correctly.

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