According to sources from the Manchester Evening News, seven people have been injured after a 10mx5m section of plasterboard fell from the roof on to club goers heads on the dance floor at Manchester’s Factory 251 nightclub on Princess St in the city centre.
Paramedics attended the scene of the incident, which happened at around 2:30am this morning, and seven injured victims were said to be treated for minor injuries and were taken to hospital as a precaution. Thankfully reports suggest so far that none of the injuries appear to be serious.
Police, who were also in attendance, have said that around 150 people were on the second floor of the city centre nightclub when the incident occurred, and around 850 people were evacuated from the premises.
The news comes just weeks after a similar incident at London’s Apollo Theatre where sections of the roofing suddenly came down in to the audience during a performance.
As a firm of lawyers who only deal with claims for personal injury compensation, we’re more than used to representing victims for all sorts of claims, and we have won many claims against the owners of a premises where a roof or part of the roof has come down and caused an injury. The Occupiers Liability Act imposes an important duty on to the owners of a building to maintain the premises to prevent such incidents from occurring.
Police are said to be in attendance at the club this morning, and we’d expect a thorough investigation will take place to find out exactly how this has been allowed to happen.
Making a claim for personal injury for an incident involving a roof collapse is normally very straightforward. A Claim Notification Form is submitted by a law firm like us straight to the insurers if we can access their information, and an investigation will get underway. They have less than 8 weeks to confirm if they are willing to pay out or not.
Do you have to pay to make a claim?
With us, the answer for this type of incident is no. Other solicitors will probably charge you but we offer our clients 100% compensation agreements and a full No Win, No Fee service.
For help and advice, call our free claims helpline on 0800 634 75 75 today.