Woman wanted 38k for stumbling and almost falling

mikemac1

And now has to pay for Dunnes solicitor & barrister

That's a tidy sum

Few thousand at least

BrianBoru00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZvCK2o6Zbo

Now this is a guy who should get 38k for the entertainment he has provided!!

deandean

Cuchulainn1. wrote: »

Don't worry I'm sure that for people like this there is some sort of "get out of jail free" card and you and me and everyone else will have to pay for this compo grabbing,clumsy idiots day in court.

Her solicitor may well have taken the case on a no foal no fee basis so they may get nothing, but yea it looks like she'll (rightly IMHO) have to pay for the Dunnes defense team costs. Maybe they'll accept her Dunnes loyalty card points :rolleyes:

Ruudi_Mentari

"and if I should stumble and fall, give me 38k" It just don't seem right.

Rayne Wooney

Walk into Dunnes
Almost fall
??????

Profit Debt??

Seriously though how did that case even get to court, fair enough if the floor was wet or something, but it was her own fault that it happened.

In Exile

I remember something like that happened me in Dunnes a few years ago. Picked up a few bits and pieces and was carrying them in my arms so couldn't see the floor in front of me.

Someone had dropped a yoghurt and it slipped all over the floor. I slipped but luckily I had one hand free and managed to stop my fall but it jarred my wrist.

I was too embarrassed to say anything so just went to the counter, paid and left. It is only when I read things like this I think I should have caused a fuss! There was two staff members chatting a few yards away and looked at me in disgust when my stumble spread the yoghurt all over the floor

Not about this case in particular but there should be a fine if the court finds the allegation an undeniable lie.

Sinfonia

TobyZiegler wrote: »

BUT can we get one thing straight - this comes up in every one of these personal injuries case threads - her claim was in the Circuit Court which means she was claiming for anything between €6,500 and €38,000. It just so happens that the Circuit Court goes up to €38,000 - it doesn't mean she went in claiming or expecting €38,000. Its just poor reporting designed to cause outrage - which is exactly what it does.

€6500 is still bang out of order tbh

Sinfonia

In Exile wrote: »

It is only when I read things like this I think I should have caused a fuss!

Why, so you can fail in court and be ridiculed on the internet? :P

B.A._Baracus

"She had scalded her leg and had injured her back when twisting to save herself."

I call BS on this. It's always the ol' back when claiming isn't it. Either that or something hot scalding you (such as your own beverage)

But there are different ways of looking at this. So many people get compensation. Alot who have nothing wrong with them. So this woman was clearly thinking "why shouldnt I claim too!" - Being honest, I can understand that. But she didnt fall. It's very hard to get compensation for 'nearly' getting injured.

Sounds to me she just did the usual ... fabricate a back injury and say hot liquid fell on your leg (Such as your berverage) But If she wanted to get money out of it. She should have fell.

*edit*
Just read the article. Knew she was playing the hot berverage card

suicide_circus

Nearly shat myself the morning after a rake of pints last weekend. Think i'll sue Guinness.

Scruffles

find people like her insulting.
in the rare times am out in shops,will hit the floor unconcious due to loud noise from inside the store or epileptic seizures.
am fully paralyzed from the waist down afterwards as well for up to a day afterwards thanks to a side effect of severe sensory overload and epilepsy called todds paralysis, and do not have a wheel chair so have to be carried out and brought straight home; with the tasks not done.
however,have never once thought of sueing the shops even when they said they woud not do something they then went and did.
this is just part of life,and so is making mistakes and being clumsy.
am fed up of people sueing for stupid sht like this.

lots of riding schools in this country have been put through legal action from idiots who have fallen off the horse and not suffered a serious injury but tried to blame the riding school for their own failing-its been a big issue highlighted by horse and hound magazine,riding is a high risk sport yet people still sue for it when there has been no fault,fkin ridiculous.

Robbo

Deleted User wrote: »

Not about this case in particular but there should be a fine if the court finds the allegation an undeniable lie.

It is an offence under the Civil Liability & Courts Act 2004 to given false evidence etc.

Irishcrx

I once fell backwards down an escalators in Dunnes , I was about 12 and stupidly sat on the escalated and it lifted me up and backwards , caught my leg in the gap and a few people pulled me up thank god, might have been killed.

Should I sue Dunnes for having escalators?

Truley

"Better Call Saul"

http://www.bettercallsaul.com/

monkeypants

She said she had just collected a fry with coffee on a tray and was walking towards the cash desk when one of her feet went from under her.

I hope she's now going to pay for that coffee and fry.

Bad Santa

I tripped on one of those damn rubber backed shop mats and went head first into a lottery stand, near killing myself in the process. Much to the amusement of a bunch of cool kids. Real dignity stripper.

How much would I get for severe mortification of the limbic system?

Papillon!

chaaaaancer

Apanachi

Speaking of stupid claims, I saw this testomonial on an Irish claim site

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