Two years ago conservative councillor Patricia Fairbank attended a parish council meeting at her local village hall in Bradley. The weather conditions that evening were cold and icy, after the meeting she made her way across the car park where she suddenly slipped on ice.
Mrs Fairbank suffered multiple compound fractures to her right leg in the car park accident and two years on she is still unable to walk unaided and cannot wear regular shoes.
Seventy four year old Fairbank who has represented the village for more than nine years instructed her solicitors to proceed with a negligence claim against the charity run hall.
Bradley Village Hall committee secretary solicitor David Binns confirmed investigations into the accident were ongoing however did not say if trustees were planning on defending the claim.