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Originally posted by Veggieburger:
You're not wrong there Amythist.

Mind you they still do a busy line in personal injury claims Big Grin

Nod Like the ones starring that arse who used to be on The Bill and probably can't get another job nowadays.

If you skid in a dogturd, fall over and break your nose and it "absolutely wasn't your fault", some other poor sucker should have to pay.

What ever happened to the phrase: "accidents happen"? Confused
Demantoid
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Originally posted by Demantoid:
quote:
Originally posted by Veggieburger:
You're not wrong there Amythist.

Mind you they still do a busy line in personal injury claims Big Grin

Nod Like the ones starring that arse who used to be on The Bill and probably can't get another job nowadays.

If you skid in a dogturd, fall over and break your nose and it "absolutely wasn't your fault", some other poor sucker should have to pay.

What ever happened to the phrase: "accidents happen"? Confused
LaughI agree, but do people really get paid compensation for things like this? I see adverts of people falling over at work and making a claim, will their Boss not fire them after that? Laugh
prettycocoaeyes
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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:
LaughI agree, but do people really get paid compensation for things like this? I see adverts of people falling over at work and making a claim, will their Boss not fire them after that? Laugh

Nooooooo... thank god
Youy can't fire someone for claiming for something that you should have protected them from in the first place - that's illegal and would cost them even more in an "unfair dismissal" tribunal.

I'm in favour of that, actually, having had dealings with my own scumbag bosses lately.
It's the silly stuff, like suing the council for tripping over a cracked paving stone that gets me mad Mad

In the end, claims like that all get added on to your and my council tax bills.
Demantoid
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Originally posted by Demantoid:

It's the silly stuff, like suing the council for tripping over a cracked paving stone that gets me mad Mad

In the end, claims like that all get added on to your and my council tax bills.


To be fair, though...

My elderly mother, who has poor eyesight, did just that on the pavement outside her home; she spent a week in hospital with a shattered knee, and now she can barely walk at all.
The broken pavement had been reported several times, by several different people over the course of a year; it was repaired two days after she notified the council of her intent to sue.
I don't think it was unreasonable of her to seek compensation.
Sarum

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