£280,000 pay-out for BA hostess hit by canister
Gail Ormiston-White, 42, from Buckinghamshire, said she suffered “serious neurological consequences” from the blow to the back of her head while providing drinks for passengers during a delay before take off from Heathrow in July 2008.
In papers before the High Court, her counsel, Freya Newbery, alleged that BA was negligent or in breach of its statutory duty concerning health and safety.
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Hide AdYesterday, just before Mr Justice MacDuff was to decide the contested issue of liability, Ms Newbery told him that the case had settled on the basis that Mrs Ormiston-White should receive £280,000 plus costs.