$100,000 for falling out of bed
Some things defy comment! The government did not even fight the claim!
A PRISONER who injured himself in a fall from his bunk bed has won more than $100,000 compensation from taxpayers. Craig Ballard, jailed for a vicious assault on a woman, successfully sued the State of New South Wales [Australia] after he fell out of the bunk in his cell at Grafton Correctional Centre. He suffered a serious head injury and blamed the Corrective Services Department for negligence, claiming the bunk was not bolted down properly. The Crown decided not to fight the case - believed the first of its kind - and now taxpayers will foot the bill.
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