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£1m payout after party accident
£1m payout after party accident
Last Modified: 08 May 2008
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Jon Snow
A young teenager wins almost £1 million in damages after an accident on a bouncy castle.
A young teenager who suffered brain damage after an accident on a bouncy castle has won almost £1 million in damages.
The parents of Sam Harris, who was 11 at the time of the incident, won their action against the couple who hired the inflatable for a children's party.
Jo Chapman, a solicitor at Bolt Burdon Kemp, which specialises in head and brain injury compensation claims, came in to Channel 4 News to discuss the case.
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