(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-02-29 09:51

A man was paid compensation after he was hit by a falling cat while dining at a restaurant in the Haidian district of Beijing on Tuesday.

The man surnamed Bi was having lunch when a cat dropped from the ceiling injuring his neck and tearing his down jacket.

The restaurant owner discovered that the cat had been trapped in the ceiling during decoration work to the premises, and had clawed its way out.