16vmarc

Are these adverts for real or what?!!!!

- Woman slips and bangs her knee and gets £5000!

- Guy falls and injures his hip and gets £10700!!!!


I knocked some teeth out with an agle grinder at work 5 years ago and my union were unable to get me any more than £5250!

Plus, how much of the payout did they actually receive!

pugoetru

seen the one where the guy turns into the path of the lorry passenger claims compo gets big payout BUT WHOS INSURANCE is he claiming it was realy his mates fault for turning into path of lorry so his mate gets stung for his compo

AlfasudQV

Count yourself lucky that you have 'Trade union' and that they were there to deal with this. Companies have got away with murder of employees and public and never been claimed against. A Unions Legal team is probably better versed to deal with an 'industrial claim'. However it is also true that Unions have also been as guilty as companies in the 'negligence' dept.

Wurzel

iTrader: (1)

maybe people should be a bit more careful, observent and responsible for their own actions instead of doing something stupid haveing an accident then claiming thousands in compensation, most accidents could be avoided with a little bit of common sense and spatial awareness.

mart360

you can knock all my teeth out!!!!!!

5K for a few ive got 36 **** me i,d be rich!!!!!!!


i got £200 for a back injury £200 for being knocked out

and 1500 for whiplash


Mart

ethanrob

iTrader: (3)

Yep same here matey
£1500 for whiplash injury,caused by third party being at fault,would love to know how much the legal dept at my insurers claimed

Leslie

How did the angle grinder actually come to knock your teeth out?

Les

pugoetru

he was shaving

16vmarc

I was told to cut a lid out on an oil tank, the hole was only just bigger than the gearbox. The grinder got jammed, whilst still spinning and when it was released it shot up into my face.

I was an apprentice at the time and the only protection given to us were goggles.

TonyFlow

Most claims are now settled on a predictive costs basis, and no money is taken from any settlement given.