Personal injury compensation is being sought by a deputy lord mayor afate he was injured at a community festival when a garden chair he was sitting on collapsed.
The incident took place when John Campbell, labour councillor and deputy lord mayor of Sheffield, was invited to open the Lowedges Festival, organised by the Greenhill and Bradway Tenants’ and Residents’ Association.
However, the mayor allegedly suffered personal injury when before the opening ceremony Mr. Campbell sat down on a garden chair at Greenhill tenants’ hall, situated on Gervais Road, which couldn’t bear his weight and collapsed.
According to reports, a claim for personal injury compensation has been launched by Mr. Campbell, against the Tenants’ and Residents’ Association (TARA).