McDonald's Restaurants Ltd and co-defendant Jones Lang LaSalle Ltd were fined a combined total of £75,000 at Birmingham Crown Court on 26 November after pleading guilty at an earlier magistrates' hearing to charges under sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the HSWA 1974, respectively. The prosecution was launched by Birmingham City Council after an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the serious spinal injuries suffered by an employee of the well-known fast-food firm, who fell from a roof area at Birmingham's Paradise Forum shopping centre. The injuries sustained by Isobel Cartwright were so serious that her lower rib had to be removed and grafted on to her spine, while part of her spine was put into a titanium cage held together by metal pins.
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