Sign fell on my head – can I make a claim?
A suspended sign in a supermarket, a wall mounted sign on the side of a building, or perhaps a sign erected on a pole – if either of them fall and hit you, it’s likely you will end up with some form of injury; normally to the head.
So if you are the victim of a falling sign that has caused an injury, what are you rights when it comes to making a claim for personal injury compensation? Is there any way you can make a claim against whoever is responsible for the sign or the premises you are in?
Slipped in a toilet? Advice from The Injury Lawyers
Toilets are prime locations for slipping accidents and people making a claim for personal injury compensation having being injured in an accident. As you can imagine, water (and perhaps other liquids!) are spilled on the floor and can naturally result in a person slipping and falling.
So if this has happened to you, what are your rights for making a claim for personal injury compensation?
Winter is what I like to call “pothole season” because they’re far more likely to occur in the colder months. Generally speaking, a pothole is formed when water seeps in to cracks in the surface and then freezes and expands in low temperatures. This causes an extreme amount of pressure to build up in the concrete and can cause it to crack and break.
Over time, the hole normally will deepen and deepen. As such, cold weather is a common catalyst for the creation of pothole, divots, and other defects that cover our highways and paths.
So what happens if you trip and / or fall because of a pothole? Or what happens if you drive over a monster of a hole and end up with an injury?
Have you tripped on a raised manhole / grate cover?
If you have been injured after tripping over a raised manhole or drain / grate cover, you may be entitled to make a claim for personal injury compensation.
Perhaps the cover was loose and had raised up, or was defective and a lip has been created. Either way, if it is not properly flush with the ground and it’s an obvious tripping hazard, there is a duty on whoever is responsible to take reasonable steps to prevent this from happening.
So what are your chances of winning a case?
I’ve sat on a chair that has broken – can I claim?
Not only is it extremely embarrassing, but the injuries that you can end up with if you sit on a chair or a stool and it simply collapses beneath you can be serious. If this happens in a public place like a shopping centre, supermarket, cafe, restaurant, bar, or pub (to name a few), you may be able to make a claim for personal injury compensation.
What we need to do is get to the bottom as to exactly how and why this has happened.
Injury caused by foot getting stuck on the ground – Advice from The Injury Lawyers
If you’re in a shop or a supermarket, or any other public place, if you get your foot caught on something sticky on the ground, it can easily cause an accident and an injury. Perhaps standing on some spilled product in a shop could suddenly cause your foot to stick and result in you losing balance and falling to the ground, or perhaps twisting your knee.
If this has happened to you, you may be entitled to make a claim for personal injury compensation.
Road Junction Accidents – Who is at Fault?
Whilst it of course all depends on the actual circumstances of an accident, there are certain common scenarios where it’s normally easy to establish who is to blame.
The basic principle of a junction is that the driver established on the road should expect to be able to proceed without anyone pulling out from a junction in to their path. At the same time, a driver merging on to the new road from a junction must give way to vehicles already on the new road.
If someone pulls out from a junction and ends up either in your path or pulls out in to your vehicle, causing a collision, you should be able to make a full claim for personal injury compensation from the other drivers insurance.
The topic of this one comes from a chat me and some of my colleagues had yesterday at The Injury Lawyers HQ when we were discussing the recent claim that one of our team has had to make. It’s a whiplash claim, and for those of you who have ever suffered from the injury, you’ll know just how bad it can be.
I myself have suffered a whiplash injury, so based on my experience and the experiences of others I have chatted to, and some official reports you probably didn’t know about, here’s a little insight in to the real whiplash injury.
Seven Injured in Manchester – Factory 251 Nightclub Roof Collapse
According to sources from the Manchester Evening News, seven people have been injured after a 10mx5m section of plasterboard fell from the roof on to club goers heads on the dance floor at Manchester’s Factory 251 nightclub on Princess St in the city centre.
Paramedics attended the scene of the incident, which happened at around 2:30am this morning, and seven injured victims were said to be treated for minor injuries and were taken to hospital as a precaution. Thankfully reports suggest so far that none of the injuries appear to be serious.
Police, who were also in attendance, have said that around 150 people were on the second floor of the city centre nightclub when the incident occurred, and around 850 people were evacuated from the premises.
Do we REALLY, genuinely, honestly offer you a 100% compensation agreement?
Yes – is the simple answer to this!
It’s no secret formula or magic trick as to how and why we can offer our clients 100% compensation agreements when other lawyers can’t. We’re not covering it up for some other way to make up the fees either.
Simply put, you get more compensation, and we receive less legal fees. It really is as basic as that!
So I suppose the big question to ask is why on earth are we prepared to get less money in order to let you keep more money? Surely there isn’t anything in it for us – we’re losing out!