British citizen Will Pike, who was left paralysed in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, has won an undisclosed sum after he sued the Taj Palace Hotel in a London court for ignoring the warning of a possible terror strike. Pike claimed that the hotel jeopardised the safety of its staff and patrons, reports the Mumbai Mirror.
Pike, a freelance filmmaker, fell 50 feet, breaking his spine and pelvis, while trying to escape the hotel during the attack.
He was staying in the hotel with his girlfriend at that time, Kelly Doyle. In a bid to save their lives, Pike used knotted bedsheets to escape out a window, but fell.
This is the first compensation settlement by a private entity affected by the 2008 terrorist attacks, which left nearly 200 dead.
The Taj Group had earlier challenged the London court’s jurisdiction to hear the case, but the London High Court ruled that the case must be heard in the UK because India would take up to two decades to wrap it up.
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