The MailOnline report:
More than £10million has been spent settling compensation claims in schools, including £600 after a child was hit by a piece of apple.
The legal action was one of thousands taken out by pupils and staff against their schools in England and Wales in the last three years.
Somerset County Council has so far racked up £575 in legal fees fighting the case after the pupil who was hit by the apple in March 2010 sued.