Gardener sues employer for exposure to sunshine

I think I must have dropped into an alternate reality lately. There seems to be a lot of things going on that are so crazy that you couldn't make them up

In this episode, a woman who was employed as a gardener has (unsuccessfully thankfully) sued her employer because she was exposed to UV rays from the sun.

http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/woman-sued-middlesbrough-council-over-6265007

She claimed that her employer failed in their duty of care to provide her with hats and sunscreen, and that she didn't know about the risks from sunshine and her employer never told her.

Thankfully there is at least one aspect of this story that conforms to my understanding of common sense. The judge ruled that her employer has no case to answer.

 

Oh we really have stepped outside of Evolution.

Complaint made to tour operators.........

 

How about this then?

Woman loses bid for sex related injury whilst on work trip

Was it a chandelier?

 

At least the Judge had the sense to throw it out of court. So many silly case like these seem to go in favour of the opportunist trying to catch a payout.

Rusty