Broke wrist in fall. What can I do?

spoke2cun

Two family members recently fell and broke bones in their arms. Can they make a claim? Thanks in advance.

MIRMIR82

Well i'm sure with all that intricate information about the incident you will get a long and well informed answer! :rolleyes:

Seve OB

spoke2cun wrote: »

Two family members recently fell and broke bones in their arms. Can they make a claim? Thanks in advance.

a claim against what? who? why?

spoke2cun

MIRMIR82 wrote: »

Well i'm sure with all that intricate information about the incident you will get a long and well informed answer! :rolleyes:

:eek: Tipperary eh!

One member fell on a 'dodgy' step in a shopping centre and the other fell on school grounds. I just thought that I'd hear from someone who had similar experiences.

AnonoBoy

spoke2cun wrote: »

:eek: Tipperary eh!

One member fell on a 'dodgy' step in a shopping centre and the other fell on school grounds. I just thought that I'd hear from someone who had similar experiences.

How did they fall on school grounds? What were they doing at the time? Did they just trip on their laces or what?

You've got to provide more details.

When you say a 'dodgy' step what do you mean? Was the step loose? Was it a hazard to health and safety?

coylemj

spoke2cun wrote: »

:eek: Tipperary eh!

Get off your high horse, you gave absolutely zero information and expect us to tell you if you have justification for a civil claim.

Given that your family are so accident-prone, I'm surprised you don't have the phone number of your local ambulance chaser in your mobile.

Greenmachine

Really confusing OP. Heading suggests you broke your arm. Question Suggests it was two family members in two unrelated accident. Did you push them by any chance. Maybe they broke your arm to get even.

drunkmonkey

Any Relation?

Gatling

Just sprained my tumb typing this who can I sue ????

endacl

Gatling wrote: »

Just sprained my tumb typing this who can I sue ????

I sprained my sense of moral outrage reading it. Class action?

SteelyDanJalapeno

Head hurts from thread, who can I sue?

Santa Cruz

spoke2cun wrote: »

Two family members recently fell and broke bones in their arms. Can they make a claim? Thanks in advance.

Well your family's hard luck stories have really touched our hearts so we made a little collection for you. Which lunatic asylum do we send it to.

mitosis

OP, who is this "cun" you spoke to? Were they not able to help?

Sam Kade

I'd say the op will run a mile from this thread after those responses

Careful op don't trip on your exit

Mr. Incognito

I hope they are okay and don't break their legs sprinting to make a claim

endacl

Enough o' the messin' now!

Sorry about that OP. I've done some research for you. Try this guy:

spoke2cun

It was two family members. I don't have all the details yet. I will get in touch with a solicitor when I have all the details. Its just that we've been asked if we had made any claims. We never really thought about it until people started bringing it up.

Frynge

People with dollar signs in their eyes always say that!

Oryx

If they fell and its someone elses fault they may have grounds for a claim.

If they fell and it was their own fault they need to suck it up.

People are mentioning claiming cos the way things are gone every accident is seen as a way to easy money.

Arbiter of Good Taste

endacl wrote: »

Enough o' the messin' now!

Sorry about that OP. I've done some research for you. Try this guy:

Careful! I had a post edited before by Mods for mentioning Saul Goodman

endacl

Arbiter of Good Taste wrote: »

Careful! I had a post edited before by Mods for mentioning Saul Goodman

I get what you're saying. In this case however, he may be just the boyo for the job!

MajorMax

spoke2cun wrote: »

Two family members recently fell and broke bones in their arms. Can they make a claim? Thanks in advance.

Yes, they can make a claim. Without any details I can't tell you what their chances of winning are. But in answer to your question, they can make a claim

Gerry T

yes
:rolleyes:

johnayo

I really think you'd better call Saul................

spoke2cun

coylemj wrote: »

Get off your high horse, you gave absolutely zero information and expect us to tell you if you have justification for a civil claim.

Given that your family are so accident-prone, I'm surprised you don't have the phone number of your local ambulance chaser in your mobile.

I wouldn't expect u's to be able to tell me anything to be honest.

Sadderday

spoke2cun wrote: »

I wouldn't expect u's to be able to tell me anything to be honest.

why'd ya ask then?

Nerdlingr

Come on folks, give the guy a break!

spoke2cun

MajorMax wrote: »

Yes, they can make a claim. Without any details I can't tell you what their chances of winning are. But in answer to your question, they can make a claim

Thanks. That's all I really wanted to know in the first place.

fatalll

I think you should just stop the messing and get on with it.
They sound like accidents ,,.ie their own fault..
so just stop with the nonsensical claim and just toughen up and tell your family members to be more careful instead.

Kimbot

spoke2cun wrote: »

:eek: Tipperary eh!

One member fell on a 'dodgy' step in a shopping centre and the other fell on school grounds. I just thought that I'd hear from someone who had similar experiences.

What makes the step so "Dodgy"? If the person knew the step was dodgy to begin with did they ever report it to the shopping centre management?

Fell on school grounds, any other info? I fell on school grounds numerous times, especially when I was running around playing as a kid.

spoke2cun

Sadderday wrote: »

why'd ya ask then?

Because I thought I would get an answer like MajorMax provided. Any more info along with it would have been great.

DeltaWhite

They broke a bone, so what? If it was their fault (i.e tripping up over themselves) then they have absolutely no right to be looking for compensation.

Even in your reply they way you wrote - "dodgy step" what's that all about?

Tell your family members to be more careful.

In fairness, it's not like they lost a limb, they broke a bone ffs! It will heal!

Losty Dublin

Nerdlingr wrote: »

Come on folks, give the guy a break!

It's a settlement he wants, not a break

Paulw

spoke2cun wrote: »

Because I thought I would get an answer like MajorMax provided. Any more info along with it would have been great.

Anyone can make a claim. But, if the claim isn't valid, they won't win, and may end up having to pay costs for taking the claim in the first place. Some solicitors will take the case to make the claim, and you will still have to pay them to make the claim in the first place, and even then you may not win so will be well out of pocket.

You gave absolutely no information, so no one can possibly give you proper advice.

Those involved should contact a solicitor, with all the details and facts.

spoke2cun

Anyway I'm meeting a solicitor at 4.30 so I'll know then where we stand. If we have no claim that's not a problem. I just wanted to know. As I said earlier I don't have much information at the minute. Will let u's know the outcome.

Pov06

Personally I think these sort of claims arr absurd. If you think you're gonna trip then just stay at home altogether, cover up your windows and stop using electricity just incase you get electrocuted.

Dodgy steps? Would you like a little hill made of gravel instead?

Sorry for saying this but I think your family members should cop on.

Kimbot

Pov06 wrote: »

Personally I think these sort of claims arr absurd. If you think you're gonna trip then just stay at home altogether, cover up your windows and stop using electricity just incase you get electrocuted.

Dodgy steps? Would you like a little hill made of gravel instead?

Sorry for saying this but I think your family members should cop on.

Have to agree here, looks like claim culture is still alive and kicking in Ireland.

Seve OB

spoke2cun wrote: »

Anyway I'm meeting a solicitor at 4.30 so I'll know then where we stand. If we have no claim that's not a problem. I just wanted to know. As I said earlier I don't have much information at the minute. Will let u's know the outcome.

why are YOU meeting a solicitor? especially if you don't even have any decent information about the incidents 40 minutes before your meeting!!!

I am seeing a culture of scumbags with dollar signs in their eyes sueing anybody and everybody once they injure themselves, even though they were the ones who caused the incident!

coylemj

stevieob wrote: »

why are YOU meeting a solicitor? especially if you don't even have any decent information about the incidents 40 minutes before your meeting!!!

The meeting sounds like a fishing expedition and the fact that a solicitor has agreed to meet him even though the OP is not the injured party/prospective plaintiff should tell you all you need to know about the solicitor.

After this case I can't see why anyone would NOT put in a claim for any kind of personal injury. This poor women was deprived of a day's shopping and got €16,000......

A WOMAN has been awarded €16,200 by the High Court after she was injured when a car being driven by her husband rear-ended another car.

Ms Ward told the court she had been chatting to someone else in the car when the accident happened and did not know what speed her husband was travelling at. She had been shocked by the accident and did not go shopping that day.

She told a garda who was called to the scene that she had no need for an ambulance but she later attended hospital and her GP.

Motor assessor Martin Nagle, who examined both cars a few days after the accident for Liberty Insurance, said the damage to the Ford Fiesta was the type one might get when you bump another vehicle while parking. Some of the damage on the Ward's Hyundai seemed to be older than a few days, he said.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/westmeath-woman-who-sued-husband-following-car-crash-awarded-over-16k-in-damages-30120605.html

Seve OB

coylemj wrote: »

The meeting sounds like a fishing expedition and the fact that a solicitor has agreed to meet him even though the OP is not the injured party/prospective plaintiff should tell you all you need to know about the solicitor.

After this case I can't see why anyone would NOT put in a claim for any kind of personal injury. This poor women was deprived of a day's shopping and got €16,000......

A WOMAN has been awarded €16,200 by the High Court after she was injured when a car being driven by her husband rear-ended another car.

Ms Ward told the court she had been chatting to someone else in the car when the accident happened and did not know what speed her husband was travelling at. She had been shocked by the accident and did not go shopping that day.

She told a garda who was called to the scene that she had no need for an ambulance but she later attended hospital and her GP.

Motor assessor Martin Nagle, who examined both cars a few days after the accident for Liberty Insurance, said the damage to the Ford Fiesta was the type one might get when you bump another vehicle while parking. Some of the damage on the Ward's Hyundai seemed to be older than a few days, he said.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/westmeath-woman-who-sued-husband-following-car-crash-awarded-over-16k-in-damages-30120605.html

Right I'm off to pick up the missus and go shopping..............................:rolleyes:

problemchimp

Is this thread for real?

groovyg

coylemj wrote: »

The meeting sounds like a fishing expedition and the fact that a solicitor has agreed to meet him even though the OP is not the injured party/prospective plaintiff should tell you all you need to know about the solicitor.

After this case I can't see why anyone would NOT put in a claim for any kind of personal injury. This poor women was deprived of a day's shopping and got €16,000......

A WOMAN has been awarded €16,200 by the High Court after she was injured when a car being driven by her husband rear-ended another car.

Ms Ward told the court she had been chatting to someone else in the car when the accident happened and did not know what speed her husband was travelling at. She had been shocked by the accident and did not go shopping that day.

She told a garda who was called to the scene that she had no need for an ambulance but she later attended hospital and her GP.

Motor assessor Martin Nagle, who examined both cars a few days after the accident for Liberty Insurance, said the damage to the Ford Fiesta was the type one might get when you bump another vehicle while parking. Some of the damage on the Ward's Hyundai seemed to be older than a few days, he said.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/westmeath-woman-who-sued-husband-following-car-crash-awarded-over-16k-in-damages-30120605.html

I saw that case in the paper and was astounded at the outcome. While she may have got €16, 000 I wonder do costs for the solictor come out of that as well? Also by taking a case against her husband will his insurance not be huge now as a result of this claim?

TimeToShine

I actually had to do a double take and make sure I wasn't in AH reading those replies.

Boskowski

Well what you expect? The op knows nothing about anything but yet first thing he makes an appointment with a solicitor. Clearly shows the mindset behind it which really warrants no other types of reply.

Arbiter of Good Taste

johnayo wrote: »

I really think you'd better call Saul................

Looks like he already has

coylemj

groovyg wrote: »

I saw that case in the paper and was astounded at the outcome. While she may have got €16,000 I wonder do costs for the solictor come out of that as well?

Highly unlikely given the way personal injury solicitors work these days - 'no foal, no fee' and all that. Technically she would be liable to pay the solicitor some fees for consultations in the early stages but the vast bulk of the expenses would have been made up of counsel's fees for the two court cases and she was awarded all of those costs....

In those circumstances she was making the award and also awarding her costs of both her Circuit and High Court cases.

groovyg wrote: »

Also by taking a case against her husband will his insurance not be huge now as a result of this claim?

Probably but while they're spending the 16K I doubt if that's going to bother them too much.

spoke2cun

problemchimp wrote: »

Is this thread for real?

My query was real but I don't blame you for questioning the replies.

Whosthis

How did the meeting with the solicitor go?

Seve OB

spoke2cun wrote: »

My query was real but I don't blame you for questioning the replies.

So c'mon, you were meeting the lawyer at 4:30.... how did you get on????

OldNotWIse

spoke2cun wrote: »

Anyway I'm meeting a solicitor at 4.30 so I'll know then where we stand. If we have no claim that's not a problem. I just wanted to know. As I said earlier I don't have much information at the minute. Will let u's know the outcome.

Why? Has it affected their lives? Their ability to work? have they ptsd? You dont get free money just because you fell over you know.

spoke2cun

A satisfying enough outcome regarding the meeting with the solicitor. Some vey interesting information indeed. I know that if someone was injured through no fault of their own and that someone else was to blame, I would not begrudge them their due compensation. The replies here were shocking considering the simple enough query in the first place.