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Ex RAF servicemans bid for compensation turned down

Friday, January 22nd 2010 15:15

A serviceman from Cornwall who broke his neck during an "It's a Knockout" type event has had his bid for damages turned down.

A former RAF serviceman has had his bid for 6 million pounds in compensation turned down

Robert Uren from Camborne was 21 when he dived into an inflatable pool and broke his neck during an "It's a Knockout" type event at an air force base

He had sued the MoD and Corporate Leisure to cover the care he will need after he was left paralysed

The judge Mr Justice Field said: "Such activities are almost never risk-free."

Mr Uren was taking part in a relay race in which service personnel had to retrieve plastic fruit toys from the bottom of an inflatable pool when the incident happened in July 2005

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