Personal Injury: Quantum Case. Trips and slips. The claimant received £6,000 in general damages following an approved infant settlement after she tripped over defective flooring in the defendant's store. She suffered from a soft tissue injury to her knees and a minor head injury. The claimant suffered from intermittent and minor symptoms, of a permanent nuisance nature, to her left knee. The symptoms caused by the claimant's right knee injury resolved within two years post-accident. The symptoms caused by the claimant's head injury resolved within two weeks.