The new protocol for public liability and employers liability claims is making the process much faster for settling claims. Miss B’s claim form was only submitted in December 2013 and in less than six months we have obtained a settlement.
She was the unfortunate victim of a slip in Morrisons supermarket on spilled yoghurt resulting in several bodily soft tissue injuries and cuts to the hand caused by glass on the ground.
This became a straightforward case, although it can always go the other way in supermarket slipping claims. They’re not the easiest to win when it comes to establishing liability against the supermarket, but for many simple and straightforward cases the insurers will often accept fault to keep costs down.
You can only make a claim where there has been negligence – we have to prove that the Defendant has failed to take all reasonable steps to look out for a person’s wellbeing and in this incident Morrisons accepted that they hadn’t. Some lawyers are reserved when it comes to taking on such cases especially against such large opponents – but that’s not anything we’re afraid of!
We managed to obtain an acceptance of liability within weeks of initiating the claim and it only took a couple of months to obtain our expert medical report that we used to value the claim. Once we had all the evidence we needed, we submitted our final settlement pack to the other side.
As is usually the case, our initial offer was rejected and a counter offer was made. After negotiating we managed to obtain a good settlement offer that was accepted by the other side.
So in less than six months, we obtained the compensation owed to our client for a slip in Morrisons supermarket. Most people are afraid that it’s a long and drawn out process, but this is a great example of a simple case that we can get settled in no time at all.
So if you need our specialist personal injury representation, call 0800 634 7575. Just like Miss B, you could be entitled to thousands of pounds in compensation, and it doesn’t have to take years and years to get it!
