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13/03/2008
'Sour Grapes' As Claim Slips Up
A man who was suing Marks & Spencer after he claiming that injured himself by slipping on a grape has lost his High Court claim for damages.
Alexander Martin-Sklan, a 55-year-old accountant from Golders Green in Barnet, north London, said that he suffered a ruptured quadricep tendon in the incident, which happened in the car park of the Finchley Road branch of Marks & Spencer in June 2004.
He claimed that he found a squashed piece of fruit on his shoe after the fall and claimed that this could have been picked up inside the store or in the store's car park.
Mr Martin-Sklan was claiming £300,000 in damages over the incident, for loss of earnings, general damages and "adverse psychological effects and depression" that he suffered as a result of the injury.
Marks & Spencer contested the claim and, at the High Court on Wednesday, Deputy Judge John Leighton Williams QC, ruled against Mr Martin-Sklan.
He was ordered to pay around £15,000 towards Marks & Spencer's costs.
(KMcA)
Alexander Martin-Sklan, a 55-year-old accountant from Golders Green in Barnet, north London, said that he suffered a ruptured quadricep tendon in the incident, which happened in the car park of the Finchley Road branch of Marks & Spencer in June 2004.
He claimed that he found a squashed piece of fruit on his shoe after the fall and claimed that this could have been picked up inside the store or in the store's car park.
Mr Martin-Sklan was claiming £300,000 in damages over the incident, for loss of earnings, general damages and "adverse psychological effects and depression" that he suffered as a result of the injury.
Marks & Spencer contested the claim and, at the High Court on Wednesday, Deputy Judge John Leighton Williams QC, ruled against Mr Martin-Sklan.
He was ordered to pay around £15,000 towards Marks & Spencer's costs.
(KMcA)
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