Compensation for tourist injured by falling Christmas tree

A Prague district court today ordered financial compensation for a British tourist for injuries he suffered when a Christmas tree fell on him in Prague in December 2003.

Compensation for tourist injured by falling Christmas tree
Thu, 11 May, 2006 - 11:48

A Prague district court today ordered financial compensation for a British tourist for injuries he suffered when a Christmas tree fell on him in Prague in December 2003.

Judge Jaromir Jirsa said that the city of Prague and an agency organising a traditional Christmas market on the Old Town Square that year were sentenced to pay more than 2.5 million koruna (€88.6m) to Malcolm Tuffin, 56, who suffered serious injuries when the tree fell on him.

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