A citizen of Braga, aged 71, demands from the City Council, in the Administrative Court, the amount of 15 thousand euros as compensation, for having fallen – injuring herself on the shoulder – on the wet floor of the Municipal Market when she went shopping there on April 17, 2021.
Maria Carvalho is also asking for the refund of the 751 euros she spent on medicine after the fall.
In the action, lawyer João Ferreira Araújo, says that the floor between the sales stalls was filled with water and was full of vegetable remains, which caused her to slip and lose her balance, falling helplessly to the floor on the right side of her body. , but with a greater incidence on the shoulder.
She was taken to the city hospital where, four days later, she underwent surgery after having been diagnosed with a fracture of the proximal end of her right humerus.
He emphasizes that, as a result of the fall, he suffered bruises, abrasions and dislocations, his glasses fell off and injured his eyebrow and that the fracture left him, for weeks, with his right knee and arm swollen and with chronic pain in the back. right arm and legs.
Left the housework
Therefore, in addition to still undergoing physiotherapy, she left the household chores, now done by her husband and son, facts that cause her embarrassment and disgust, being sad and discouraged, having become irritable and nervous.
When she leaves the house she does so with fear and always accompanied.
In the action, the jurist argues that the Chamber manages the Market, and is therefore obliged to preserve the physical integrity of those who travel there. But he acted negligently, not signaling the existence of water or cleaning up the remains of the vegetables.
Contacted in this regard, the lawyer representing the Municipality, Paulo Viana, told O MINHO that he will contest the action, as the municipality does not recognize having acted negligently.
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