Woman compensated R2 million for slipping on a chip Updated
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Zouki Café in
Melbourne, Australia is being sued after a customer slipped and fell on a chip
at their establishment back in 2015.
59-year-old
Roxanne Britton rocked up at the Zouki Café at the Monash Medical Centre in
Melbourne, Australia, back in 2015 to buy herself some lunch. However, when leaving
the café, she slipped and fell on a hot chip and injured
herself in the process. As a result, Roxanne suffered a lower back injury, including
two prolapsed discs and pain in her leg, foot and knee. Roxanne also claims
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A statement of claim alleges the cafe was negligent in failing to remove the food scrap during the lunchtime rush, according to the Herald Sun.
Court documents also claim the venue was negligent because it allowed the chip to stay on the floor, failed to warn patrons of the potential hazard and did not put up a slip warning sign.
It was also claimed that the cafe did not have an adequate system for managing foot traffic, along with 23 additional alleged points of negligence and breaches of duty. At all material times the defendant owed the worker, a patron of the cafe, a duty of care, the statement of claim said.