<p>Freedom of Information</p><p>Enquiry Number – 1-720097100</p><p>Request and Response: </p><p>Information regarding all compensation claims made against the local authority in 2013-14 and 2014-15 where liability has been admitted.</p><p>Specifically I would like the information broken down by:</p><p> a) The value of each payment or settlement</p><p> b) The nature or summary details of each claim</p><p>2013-2014 2014-2015 Compensation Compensation Details Details paid paid £5,000.00 Subsidence £6,636.92 Stress incident damage to property Manual £4,000.00 Carriageway £2,600.00 Handling pothole Missing Utility £6,250.00 Carriageway £2,000.00 Cover pothole £3,750.00 Tripping £10,261.01 Hit by door incident Defective £1,750.00 defective £1,000.00 footway footway Tripping £7,000.00 defective £4,500.00 incident footway Damp £200.00 Street Furniture £800.00 Defective £1,500.00 £2,500.00 Damp Property Slipped on ice £3,250.00 Damp £1,975.00 Carriageway £228.00 £750.00 Water Leak pothole Housing £750.00 Faulty £1,250.00 Disrepair equipment Housing £250.00 Carriageway £100.00 Disrepair pothole Carriageway £3,100.00 £500.00 Water Leak pothole Water Leak £250.00 Fell £3,009.00 Drains £5,000.00 Drains £448.08 Damage to £236.14 Carriageway £2,000.00 Vehicle pothole Housing £300.00 £40.00 Water Leak Disrepair Housing £750.00 Tree/root £52.79 Disrepair damage Water Leak £265.00 Water Leak £900.00 Trapped finger £1,936.20 Water Leak £975.00 Housing £650.00 £200.00 Water Leak Disrepair £250.00 Tree/root £2,430.00 Water Leak damage Water Leak £260.10 Damp £148.00 Damage to £50.00 £320.00 Water Leak Property Carriageway £1,189.99 £24.99 Water Leak pothole Drains £500.00 Water Leak £50.00 £57.85 Carriageway £217.40 Water Leak pothole Tripping £1,600.00 £350.00 Water Leak incident Tripping £7,500.00 £500.00 Water Leak incident £200.00 Damage to £2,500.00 Damp property Tripping £14,000.00 defective £5,413.85 incident footway Tripping £6,000.00 £2,860.00 Drains incident Carriageway £741.66 defective £4,716.25 pothole footway Tripping £8,250.00 £1,290.00 Water Leak incident £2,700.00 Carriageway £165.30 Slipped on ice pothole £420.00 obstruction in £8,000.00 Water Leak footway Carriageway £304.44 defective £3,125.00 pothole footway Tree/root £1,750.00 Damage to £300.00 damage property Slipped on ice £5,250.00 Drains £5,000.00 Flood in £300.00 Damage to £862.68 property property Equipment Fell £2,000.00 Water Leak £350.00 Damage to £94.00 £1,316.00 Water Leak Property Tree/root £228.00 Carriageway £250.98 damage pothole Carriageway £3,250.00 Tree/root £800.00 pothole damage Carriageway £1,750.00 Carriageway £419.75 pothole pothole £897.50 defective £3,035.00 Damp footway Carriageway £105.00 defective £5,142.00 pothole footway Housing £3,250.00 Tree/root £1,700.00 Disrepair damage £1,400.00 Damage to £278.25 Water Leak property Manhole £2,200.00 Water Leak £1,600.00 Damage to £95.00 £289.83 Water Leak Property Tree/root £875.00 Housing £1,500.00 damage Disrepair Damage to £110.34 £187.00 Water Leak Property Carriageway £3,500.00 £85.00 Water Leak pothole Damage to £55.00 defective £2,400.00 Property footway Damage to £42.49 Debris on £216.00 Property highway Pothole £12,500.00 Utility £7,704.79 £2,625.00 Damage to £74.69 Manhole utility service Tripping £3,750.00 Injured whilst £500.00 incident at work Housing £1,000.00 Damage to £15.00 Disrepair property Housing £660.00 £130.00 Street Furniture Disrepair Damage to £563.35 Housing £1,500.00 Property Disrepair £1,500.00 Housing £1,750.00 Stress incident Disrepair Carriageway £2,250.00 £6.00 Street Furniture pothole Damage to £3,100.00 defective £4,050.00 Property footway £500.00 defective £1,750.00 Water Leak footway Tree/root £975.00 £40.58 Water Leak damage Housing £250.00 £4,169.52 Drains Disrepair Slipped on wet £13,000.00 £3,315.00 Drains floor Defective £4,750.00 Housing £1,300.00 footway Disrepair Damp £885.00 Damp £235.00 Damage to £20.00 £789.53 Water Leak Property £918.00 Damage to £413.00 Damp property exposure to £50,000.00 Damage to £65.00 asbestos property Defective £3,000.00 Damage to £150.00 footway property Damage to £14.99 £275.00 Street Furniture Property Damage to £104.40 defective £3,610.00 Property footway Housing £500.00 Damage to £7,074.34 Disrepair utility service £2,500.00 Transmission £30.00 Water Leak interference Defective £3,900.00 Damage to £750.00 footway property £550.00 Carriageway £3,485.00 Water Leak pothole Carriageway £2,250.00 £50.00 Water Leak pothole £25.00 Damage to £74.00 Electrical fault clothing Damp £749.00 Water Leak £969.12 £238.50 defective £45.00 Damp footway Damage to £458.63 defective £3,500.00 Property footway Damage to £30.00 £550.00 Damp Property £950.00 Operatives £1,365.00 Pothole error Water Leak £175.00 Damp £500.00 £1,975.00 defective £3,500.00 Drains footway Tripping £4,500.00 Damage to £1,644.00 incident property Lack of services £355.68 Pothole £2,000.00 Damage to £100.00 Defective £1,400.00 Property Vehicle Carriageway £187.29 Damage to £39.00 pothole property Damp £150.00 Water Leak £527.76 Damp £180.00 Damp £872.25 Defective £22,500.00 defective £3,400.00 Footway footway £176.25 Damage to £350.00 Damp property Defective £3,050.00 Housing £545.00 Footway Disrepair Defective £2,000.00 Housing £750.00 Footway Disrepair Defective £2,500.00 Housing £1,000.00 Footway Disrepair Delays on work £300.00 Housing £750.00 to property Disrepair Water Leak £100.00 Water Leak £200.00 £6,500.00 Carriageway £250.00 Uneven steps pothole Water Leak £300.00 Water Leak £375.00 Water Leak £350.00 Water Leak £50.00 Defective £4,200.00 Damage to £115.00 Footway property Water Leak £1,500.00 Water Leak £1,000.00 £2,500.00 defective £4,973.60 Drains footway Theft £95.00 Water Leak £4,200.00 Tripping £2,570.00 £750.00 Fell incident Manhole £3,015.00 Damp £1,211.82 £492.00 defective £1,000.00 Water Leak footway Water Leak £210.00 Damp £65.31 Carriageway £1,500.00 Tree/root £1,450.00 pothole damage Carriageway £879.00 £100.00 Water Leak pothole £200.00 Damage to £32.99 Water Leak clothing £750.00 Carriageway £2,340.00 Faulty boiler pothole Housing £220.00 Housing £600.00 Disrepair Disrepair Carriageway £320.00 £119.36 Loss of Earnings pothole Drains £5,867.00 Water Leak £474.00 Flood in £1,750.00 Damage to £400.00 property property Fell £5,000.00 Water Leak £40.00 £165.56 Damage to £250.00 Drains property £45.00 Carriageway £140.00 Drains pothole Damage to £500.00 defective £2,500.00 Vehicle footway Tripping £4,500.00 Housing £545.00 incident Disrepair Utility cable £1,916.32 Damage to £125.00 damage property Tripping £7,529.00 Damage to £250.00 incident property Defective street £1,473.43 Housing £750.00 furniture Disrepair Damp £531.05 Water Leak £150.00 Defective £100.50 Damage to £34.99 Footway property £230.00 Housing £750.00 Damp Disrepair Carriageway £332.27 £2,000.00 Fell pothole £573.41 defective £2,520.00 Water Leak footway Carriageway £260.00 £236.00 Damp pothole Carriageway £410.00 £62.36 Loss of Earnings pothole Water Leak £325.00 Damp £200.00 Carriageway £200.00 £80.00 Water Leak pothole Carriageway £73.00 Defective £1,697.85 pothole footway Carriageway £216.00 Carriageway £22.23 pothole pothole Tree/root £672.58 Damage to £80.00 damage property £345.85 Housing £750.00 Water Leak Disrepair Carriageway £512.00 Damage to £369.00 pothole property Carriageway £99.31 £277.83 Water Leak pothole £9,250.00 Carriageway £75.00 IT error pothole Defective £2,500.00 Tree/root £200.00 property damage Defective £2,000.00 Carriageway £54.62 property pothole Flood in £40.00 £437.35 Water Leak property £500.00 Carriageway £1,659.90 Water Leak pothole Water Leak £135.00 Water Leak £350.00 Carriageway £249.25 Tree/root £140.00 pothole damage Carriageway £1,063.76 £2,505.00 Slipped on ice pothole Carriageway £114.00 Housing £500.00 pothole Disrepair Slipped on ice £1,054.34 Water Leak £120.00 Defective £2,905.30 £169.00 Drains Footway Damage to £232.50 Tree/root £7,748.00 property damage Water Leak £50.00 Water Leak £560.00 Housing £250.00 Operatives £806.10 Disrepair error Housing £1,400.00 £190.00 Water Leak Disrepair Housing £2,000.00 £3,622.76 Water Leak Disrepair Carriageway £3,840.00 £100.00 Water Leak pothole Defective £2,050.00 £1,038.50 Damp Footway Damage to £2,217.25 property Housing £250.00 Disrepair Defective £7,812.33 Footway Defective £1,000.00 Footway Water Leak £205.00 Carriageway £165.00 pothole Manhole £6,793.00 Defective £1,000.00 Footway Drains £300.00 Damage to £35.00 property Defective street £450.00 furniture Damp £310.00 Water Leak £372.00 Carriageway £1,250.00 pothole Carriageway £4,771.45 pothole Drains £1,000.00 Damp £400.00 Water Leak £30.00 Defective £16,650.00 Footway Flood in £871.00 property Fell £1,250.00 Tripping £6,234.37 incident Water Leak £153.25 Uneven paving £20,400.00 Damage to £350.00 property Footway £8,559.57 pothole Tree/root £100.00 damage Carriageway £120.00 pothole Defective £750.00 Footway Tree/root £1,485.00 damage Water Leak £947.03 Street Furniture £1,298.65 Carriageway £204.00 pothole</p><p>If you wish to receive further information in regards to this request or wish to submit a Freedom of Information Request please forward your request to [email protected] or Information Management Unit, Sandwell Council House, Freeth Street, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 3DE.</p>