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Being able to visit a restaurant is usually a very positive experience to share with friends and family. All restaurants, bars, and cafés have a duty of care to your health and safety which, when breached, can cause injury. If you have suffered from an accident in a restaurant, such as a slip and fall, you may be entitled to claim personal injury compensation.
Woman hospitalised after drinking Waitrose coffee containing cleaning fluid
Posted: 30 March 2014
Posted in: Food Poisoning, Public Place Accidents, Restaurant Accidents, Shop Accidents
A woman was rushed to hospital after she drank a free coffee offered to her by Waitrose that happened to contain cleaning fluid. The coffee was offered to the woman as part of the store’s membership card scheme; however, paramedics were quickly called when she began to feel ill. She was taken immediately from the East Sussex branch of the supermarket to the specialist burns unit in the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. The woman spent hours in the hospital before feeling well enough to return home. The woman’s…
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