Teacher falls off table in class, gets Dh1.3 million compensation!

• The amount was one of the highest payouts given to a teacher in the eastern region of England.

A teacher in England was awarded £250,000 (Dh1,287,001) after she fell from the table while putting up a class display.

She had suffered a fracture, which aggravated her foot fibromyalgia.

"The six-figure payout was among cases in which education workers were awarded settlements for accidents on school property," the Daily Mail reported.

The amount was one of the highest payouts given to a teacher in the eastern region of England.

The other payouts included £85,000 for a teacher who slipped on black ice. One teacher was paid £60,000 as she fell on spilled food and liquid.

"In one case, an academy worker was awarded nearly £50,000 after being attacked by a teenage girl who had been told to stop chewing gum," the newspaper reported.