A train driver who says he suffers from “unprompted bouts of rudeness” after banging his head at work is suing London Underground for up to £1million.
Sean Matthews, 62, hit his head on metal steps when he was thrown out of a rotating train station turnstile at Stratford Market Depot.
He is suing London Underground Ltd at the High Court blaming a faulty turnstile. Mr Matthews, of Yalding, Kent, claims to have sustained injuries including brain damage and a fractured arm on February 26, 2019.
The driver says his symptoms have left him socially isolated and unable to work.
“He sustained a brain injury, causing a variety of neurological symptoms including headaches, dizziness, impaired memory and speech problems,” barrister Jeremy Crowther says.
“He suffers from behavioural, cognitive and emotional symptoms, prone to laughing inappropriately and unprompted bouts of rudeness.”
Fault logs are said to have shown that the turnstile had been reported as “defective” previously due to it “spinning freely” when inspected.
London Underground denies liability for his injury and insists the turnstile was always set up to be “free-flowing” when exiting the depot.
Mr Matthews’ case will be heard at a later date.
