Payout on way for woman whose 200 shoes are now useless

Kiran Randhawa13 April 2012

A BUSINESSWOMAN who says her vast collection of shoes was made useless after she was hurt in a fall at Stansted Airport has won the right to a substantial damages payout.

Tina Knight, 66, slipped in a pool of water in the baggage claim area in July 2005. As well as injuries to her knee, hip and thumb, she fractured her right little toe, making it very difficult for her to wear high shoes.

In June, she was granted the right to a payout from the airport's cleaning contractors, Rentokil Initial Facilities Services (UK) Ltd. The decision has been upheld at the Court of Appeal.

At Cambridge County Court earlier this year, she told of the distress that her injuries caused. "I love to wear high-heeled shoes," she said in a witness statement. "I have about 200 pairs of shoes, but I can no longer wear them."

Ms Knight of Saffron Walden, Essex, is claiming tens of thousands of pounds in damages for the injuries and for loss of earnings during the weeks in which she was incapacitated after her slip.

Unless final settlement terms are agreed in the meantime, the amount of Ms Knight's payout will have to be assessed at another court hearing.

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