Injury claim

SandraDee123

Hi there, I hope you can alleviate some of my anxiety. I put in an personal injury claim 3 yrs ago against my employer. I fell off a swivel chair in my classroom ,28 children and teacher seen my accident, i banged my head and have had medical problems ever since. I met the engineers on both sides, i wasnt prepared for the questions and my boss was was in the room also so i felt abit intimidated and nervous. I've have been told by my engineer that my report doesn't look good. I'm at my wits end and feel like they are making me out to b lying. I don't know what to do or what's gonna happen to my case now. Thankyou Linda

davo2001

How did you fall off the chair? Was there a fault with it?

If th engineer says your claim doesn't look good then I don't know what you're looking for here!

The Bishop Basher

SandraDee123 wrote: »

I fell off a swivel chair in my classroom

What on earth makes you think your employer is responsible for you falling off a chair

SandraDee123

davo2001 wrote: »

How did you fall off the chair? Was there a fault with it?

If th engineer says your claim doesn't look good then I don't know what you're looking for here!

I went from standing to sitting and chair flew off and I fell, hit my back and head and blacked out. I just don't no What will happen after the report goes in. Should I contact my solicitor??

Kidkinobe

SandraDee123 wrote: »

I went from standing to sitting and chair flew off and I fell, hit my back and head and blacked out. I just don't no What will happen after the report goes in. Should I contact my solicitor??

Clearly not a teacher when don't know the difference between 'NO' and "Know"

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Macdarack

SandraDee123 wrote: »

I went from standing to sitting and chair flew off and I fell, hit my back and head and blacked out. I just don't no What will happen after the report goes in. Should I contact my solicitor??

Jesus, I can't believe your employer wasn't there to hold the chair for you and every time you went to sit down on the chair.
Its a disgrace , you don't need a solicitor by the way, it's done get ready to count your money (if you can count, maybe get your employer to do that for you too).

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SandraDee123

Rennaws wrote: »

What on earth makes you think your employer is responsible for you falling off a chair

This accident happened while I was working, can't go into particulars but I have been left with life long injuries and am in constant pain from it

SandraDee123

Macdarack wrote: »

Jesus, I can't believe your employer wasn't there to hold the chair for you and every time you went to sit down on the chair.
Its a disgrace , you don't need a solicitor by the way, it's done get ready to count your money (if you can count, maybe get your employer to do that for you too).

Ah come on I came on here for some answers there's no need for that

Renegade Mechanic

Macdarack wrote: »

Jesus, I can't believe your employer wasn't there to hold the chair for you and every time you went to sit down on the chair.
Its a disgrace , you don't need a solicitor by the way, it's done get ready to count your money (if you can count, maybe get your employer to do that for you too).

Shaaadap don't scare her off. I want to see how this plays out..

ImARebel

On what grounds are you claiming?

The chair was faulty? It shouldn't have had wheels?

I've a swivel chair and if I fell off it. It would be tough **** on me. How is my employer responsible for that?

Am I missing something?

amcalester

SandraDee123 wrote: »

This accident happened while I was working, can't go into particulars but I have been left with life long injuries and am in constant pain from it

Was your employer negligent though, or was there some sort of defect with the chair that caused you to fall?

Just because you fell and suffered an injury, doesn't mean you are entitled to compensation.

The Enbalmer

But they "seen" her accident.
I assume it wasn't leaving cert English class?

The Bishop Basher

SandraDee123 wrote: »

This accident happened while I was working, can't go into particulars but I have been left with life long injuries and am in constant pain from it

That's very unfortunate.

But i'm still not seeing how you falling off your chair was your employers fault.

SandraDee123

amcalester wrote: »

Was your employer negligent though, or was there some sort of defect with the chair that caused you to fall?

Just because you fell and suffered an injury, doesn't mean you are entitled to compensation.

There was something wrong with the chair which disappeared after my accident

SandraDee123

How do i delete this post

dmc17

SandraDee123 wrote: »

There was something wrong with the chair which disappeared after my accident

What was wrong with the chair. Did the person who determined the fault with the chair write a report on their findings? Maybe your claim should be against the manufacturer of the chair?

B-D-P--

Micheal will be along shortly eating his popcorn...

amcalester

SandraDee123 wrote: »

There was something wrong with the chair which disappeared after my accident

That seems unlikely, is this what the engineers report found? Ultimately, unless you can show negligence or that the chair was faulty etc, then you'll struggle with the PI claim, sometimes things happen and no one is at fault.

Back to the your OP, it could be found that you are 100% telling the truth and you still get nothing, the 2 do not necessarily go hand in hand.

meercat

https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057704799/1/#post102585646

Peregrinus

dmc17 wrote: »

What was wrong with the chair. Did the person who determined the fault with the chair write a report on their findings? Maybe your claim should be against the manufacturer of the chair?

It's the employer's responsibiliy to provide a safe system of work. So if there is something wrong with the chair, the employer shouldn't have provided it. Even if there was nothing wrong with the chair, but it was just not the appropriate chair for the situation, the employer still has a problem.

OP, I get that you are anxious about the progress and likely outcome of your claim. But there really isn't enough information in your post for us to say anthing very helpful. You say that you fear "they are making me out to be lying", but it's not the job of engineers to make judgments about whether people are lying or not; they are there to express opinions about the physica aspects of the accident - the condition of the chair; its fitness for purpose; the way the accident unfolded, etc.

And you say that your engineer has told you that your report "doesn't look good". Since we have no idea why it doesn't look good there isn;t a great deal we can say about this, but if this is an engineer's report then it may be saying things like the chair was not broken or defective, or was not the wrong chair to have used in the circumstances. It is very very unlikely that they are saying anything to question your honesty and, whatever the report does say, your solicitor will advise you on whether it is helpful or harmful to your case.

nuac

Sandra Dee
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