A father who was seriously injured falling from a third-storey window in Aberdeen is suing the city council.
Shaun Edgar is taking Aberdeen City Council to court over the incident, which happened at a property on Nellfield Place on January 6 2018.
The 36-year-old was rushed into emergency surgery at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary with a ruptured aorta and broken ribs.
Mr Edgar spent more than a week in the hospital’s intensive care unit recovering from his injuries.
After the incident, the Edgar family took photos of the scene, showing the near-intact pane of glass, with safety mesh threaded through it and sealant on its edges, lying on the ground.
Another picture shows the dent left in the grass where he landed in the property’s back garden, just inches away from a hard, stone path.
It is thought he was either leaning on the window, or tripped and fell into it.
Speaking to the Press and Journal in the days after the incident, Shaun’s father Michael said: “We don’t know what happened but the whole pane of glass came right out of the frame.
“The window ledge is only 10in from the floor so it wasn’t even waist height and there was no barrier.
“Windows shouldn’t be falling out of their frames.”
Now, Mr Edgar is set to sue the local authority over the incident, with the case due to call at the Court of Session today.
Mr Edgar’s solicitor declined to comment on the case.
Aberdeen City Council have been contacted for comment.
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