Woman in ice slip award

A shop worker who slipped on ice and was left unable to work has won £4,500 in compensation. The woman slipped on a path outside the shop where she worked and injured her shoulder. As a result she was not able to work for eight months. Her employers had contested liability on the grounds that she was intoxicated when the injury happened at work on Hogmanay. However, the judge accepted that although she had a drink on December 30, she was sober by the time she arrived for work. She had been seeking £7,000 compensation, but the judge ruled that the higher award was not applicable on account of her partial responsibility for gritting the path.