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School ground injury damages overturned

A High Court judge has overturned a damages award of £4,250 made to a boy who broke his arm when he fell off a swing. The boy, aged 5 at the time of the accident, had strayed into a school playground during the sports day. The damages had been awarded against the school, on the grounds that the school should have taped off the swings.

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