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£300,000 in compensation for medical errors

A service engineer who fell into a garage inspection pit has received £300,000 in compensation, after doctors who treated his injuries failed to diagnose a debilitating condition. The man had been carrying out a service on a spray paint booth at a garage when he slipped and fell into the pit, sustaining a heavy blow to his lower back.

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