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A 68-year-old woman from Coventry has lodged a compensation claim with a firm of personal injury solicitors in the hope of securing a settlement for accident in which she tripped over a damaged pavement kerb.
The pensioner broke both her wrists in the fall, causing her to be hospitalised for three weeks and, despite it being nearly six months since the accident, still suffers significant pain.
The claimant offered some explanation as to her decision to employ a personal injury solicitor. "I broke every little bone in my wrist," she said.
"I'm still in pain and I can't even wear my wedding ring because it is still swollen.
"The hospital have said my wrists will never be the same.
"I had to have carers for three months after the fall and even now it takes me about ten minutes just to dry a cup. If they had improved the footpaths this would never have happened."
While her husband expressed his outrage that the incident was allowed to happen in the first place, "It has taken away my wife's quality of life but the council won't do anything about it.
Adding, "After the fall she landed in the middle of the road. It could have been a fatality if there had been a bus coming. The kerbs and pavements are very damaged and uneven both sides of the road.
"The council are putting up rates and then you find out they're spending £8,000 on meals at the Ricoh yet they won't do anything about the kerbs."
Although not commenting on the action the couple are taking though a personal injury solicitor, a council spokesperson commented, "Since the incident in September 2008, the area has been regularly inspected by highways officers and the gap between the asphalt and the granite kerb face has been designated a low priority and not a trip hazard."
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