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Hull City Council pays £34,000 after schoolgirl hurt in game of 'tag'

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Hull City Council pays £34,000 after schoolgirl hurt in game of 'tag' This is Hull and East Riding -- A MOTHER has won an out of court settlement for her six-year-old daughter after claiming the game of 'tag' should be banned in school playgrounds. Her daughter cut her head in a Hull primary school playground after older children playing tag knocked into her. Hull City Council took the view there was only a 50 per cent chance of successfully fighting the claim and settled out of court. The girl had banged her head on a wooden planter in the schoolyard at a Hull primary school. Her mother claimed the school should not have allowed the children to play tag in the playground and that the planter, which had passed health and safety checks, was a hazard. The council decided to settle out of court and agreed damages of £1,100 to the child and paid the mother's £12,900 legal costs. Their own costs exceeded £20,000. A spokeswoman for Hull City Council said: "We only settle when we are liable. We will only go to court if we are confident that we will win the case. "It is up to the individual schools if they ban tag." Reported by This is 14 hours ago.

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