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Court case involving boulders placed by council
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Norman_Castle wrote: »Clearly visible? Where have you got this information from?
Definition of boulder: a detached and rounded or worn rock, especially a large one.
No mention of it also being invisible.0 -
Sounds very unlikely to me.
What negligence would the council possibly have from placing clearly visible boulders, and somebody then tripping over them?
This story from Ireland might be the origin:
http://https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/boy-injured-in-fall-from-boulders-awarded-53-500-1.2951258
Sometimes stories get exaggerated in retelling. The injured party was not fatally injured but did hurt his nose. The court decided that the Council were negligent in placing the boulders on the public roadway in such a manner as to create a hazard.
Not Walthamstow or Waltham Forest but quite near County Wicklow which also begins with 'W'. Memory can play tricks0
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