£300,000 For Civil Servant After Falling Off Chair, £161,000 To A UK Marine After Losing Two Limbs In Afghanistan

Two years ago, L/Cpl Martyn Compton, far right, who suffered third-degree burns to 70 per cent of his body during a roadside bomb attack in Helmand province in August 2006, was awarded £163,000 Photo: David Rose

Civil Servant Sues For £300,000 After Falling Off Chair -- The Telegraph

A civill servant is suing his government department for £300,000 after he fell off a chair.

Gian-Paul De Vito-Tracey, 39, is seeking is almost twice as much as a soldier was given after suffering severe burns in a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan.

Mr De Vito-Tracey, who held a senior position at the Department for Work and Pensions, will claim he was left 80 per cent disabled for life after hitting his head on a wall, according to a newspaper report. He fell from the newly issued swivel chair in 2008.

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My Comment: And I thought that the U.S. had a problem with lawyers and the legal system.