Train station manager who lost leg due to Covid sues Southeastern for 1m claiming his boss gave him virus

"A railway station manager who claims he ended up losing a leg after being infected with Covid by his boss at work is suing his employers for 1m. David Gibson was a station manager working for Southeastern, based at Herne Hill Station, in July 2021 when he came down with a severe case of Covid which saw him hospitalised with pneumonia, put in a coma and ultimately have his leg amputated below the knee due to a blood clot."

"Mr Gibson, who had worked for the railway company since 2018, claims he was infected at work during an office catch-up followed by a Wetherspoons breakfast with his area manager Danny Hackett, who, Mr Gibson claims, was coughing and visibly unwell but who nevertheless failed to wear a mask for most of the time they were together. Southeastern trains station manager David Gibson Supplied by Champion News Married dad-of-three Mr Gibson is now suing for around 1m in compensation at London's High Court"

"But lawyers for London and South Eastern Railways Ltd - trading as Southeastern - deny his claims and all blame for his illness, as well as insisting that if Mr Gibson caught Covid at work it was his own fault. In July 2021, England was in Step 3 of the Covid 19 roadmap, which included the wearing of face masks, a one metre social distancing rule and isolation of close contacts of a positive case."

David Gibson was a station manager at Herne Hill for Southeastern and fell ill with severe Covid in July 2021, developing pneumonia, being placed in a coma and ultimately undergoing a below-knee amputation due to a blood clot. He says he was infected during an office catch-up and a Wetherspoons breakfast with his area manager, who was allegedly unwell and did not wear a mask. He had worked for the company since 2018 and reports taking precautions, traveling by car and train and wearing a mask. He is pursuing about £1m in compensation for negligent workplace exposure. Southeastern denies liability and points to contemporaneous policies requiring symptomatic staff to stay home and to follow social distancing and mask guidance under Step 3 rules.

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