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| Castle boy wins brain injury case | |
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| A teenager left brain damaged after being kicked on a bouncy castle has won his damages claim against the parents who hired it for their triplets' party. | |
| Sam Harris, now 13, of Spalding, Lincolnshire, suffered a broken skull when a 15-year-old boy kicked his head at the party in Strood, Kent, in 2005. | Sam Harris, now 13, of Spalding, Lincolnshire, suffered a broken skull when a 15-year-old boy kicked his head at the party in Strood, Kent, in 2005. |
| Mr Justice David Steel said Timothy and Catherine Perry, who hired the castle, had not provided enough supervision. | Mr Justice David Steel said Timothy and Catherine Perry, who hired the castle, had not provided enough supervision. |
| Damages have not yet been assessed but Mr and Mrs Perry are insured. | Damages have not yet been assessed but Mr and Mrs Perry are insured. |
| The High Court had heard Sam's injury resulted in a "very serious and traumatic brain injury". | |
| Sam brought the case against the Perrys through his mother Janet, of Long Lane, Gedney Hill. | |
| A claim by the couple that Sam's father David was to blame for the accident, on playing fields behind their home in Jersey Road, was dismissed. | |
| Damages will be assessed at a later stage if they are not agreed, the court heard. |