Slipped on ice train platform

billyhead

I slipped on ice while about to embark on a train this morning. The platform wasn't fully gritted. I hurt my leg and hip. Nothing broken I hope and think. Would I have grounds for a claim against Irish rail.

Atlantic Dawn

What injuries did the doctor say you have?

johnayo

Hopefully not.

Blingy

Did you not realise it was icy?

mloc123

Always somebody else's fault... :rolleyes:

ThewhiteJesus

billyhead wrote: »

I slipped on ice while about to embark on a train this morning. The platform wasn't fully gritted. I hurt my leg and hip. Nothing broken I hope and think. Would I have grounds for a claim against Irish rail.

Do Irish rail control the weather? They had grit down you just weren’t careful, so no.

billyhead

Blingy wrote: »

Did you not realise it was icy?

It was dark and wasn't visible. I didn't go to a doctor. I'm am hoping the pain subsides but the leg is very sore on my right side and when I fell I banged my shin off the bottom edge of the door frame so the shin is grazed and sore aswell.

Darc19

Definitely.

Probably about €2million

Maybe ask for €5 million


Sure why not. It's not as if anyone has to take personal responsibility and open their eyes.



Also, next time it rains have a slip and blame the council for not drying the paths for you.


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Darc19
This is a legal discussion thread. Poster was entitled to raise this matter without the smart alec comments

physioman

billyhead wrote: »

I slipped on ice while about to embark on a train this morning. The platform wasn't fully gritted. I hurt my leg and hip. Nothing broken I hope and think. Would I have grounds for a claim against Irish rail.

Probably but you shouldn't.

Summer2020

Cop onto yourself will you. If you’re not injured and at a loss of time in work etc then stop looking for a payday. People like you are the reason all of our insurance premiums have gone through the roof.

billyhead

ThewhiteJesus wrote: »

Do Irish rail control the weather? They had grit down you just weren’t careful, so no.

Were I slipped it wasn't gritted and this was the part of the platform from where you step into the train.

Summer2020

billyhead wrote: »

It was dark and wasn't visible. I didn't go to a doctor. I'm am hoping the pain subsides but the leg is very sore on my right side and when I fell I banged my shin off the bottom edge of the door frame so the shin is grazed and sore aswell.

Ah you poor thing. You grazed your shin. You sound like a whingy child.

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You are attacking the poster rather than the post.

washman3

Can you sue Met Eireann.....:)


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billyhead

Summer2020 wrote: »

Cop onto yourself will you. If you’re not injured and at a loss of time in work etc then stop looking for a payday. People like you are the reason all of our insurance premiums have gone through the roof.

Wrong I am injured. Theres pain and grazes etc for a reason.

hawkelady

billyhead wrote: »

It was dark and wasn't visible. I didn't go to a doctor. I'm am hoping the pain subsides but the leg is very sore on my right side and when I fell I banged my shin off the bottom edge of the door frame so the shin is grazed and sore aswell.

Grazed shin !! Cop on you utter clown .. have a cup of tea and go to bed. Christ almighty. Bloody scroungers everywhere these days

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Imho poster entitled to raise this matter in Legal Discussion without being insulted

ThewhiteJesus

billyhead wrote: »

Were I slipped it wasn't gritted and this was the part of the platform from where you step into the train.

It’s a no, but I’m guessing this thread is a wind up,
If not you need to get a grip on reality

physioman

billyhead wrote: »

Came off the bike on Saturday. Wheel went from under me turning a sharp corner. I think there was grease on the road. Broke the wrist. Only good think is that it wasn't the dominant hand.

Your broken wrist wouldn't have helped in preventing you saving yourself from falling. Are you suing the council for grease on the road as Well!

If you broke your hip or your leg I think you’d know by now. So you have no injuries , just the usual soreness you’d get if you fell anywhere. You could just have easily slipped on a path or your driveway. But because it’s at a train station the first thing you think of is claim for personal injuries.
THIS is exactly why our insurance costs are soaring out of control . If the general public look on a simple trip or slip as a means of claiming from someone we only have ourselves to blame for rising insurance costs.

So OP , next time that your train ticket jumps by 20% or you get a huge increase in your house or car insurance of if the local football club , community group, crèche, playcentre closes due to insurance hikes, please don’t complain.

Summer2020

billyhead wrote: »

Wrong I am injured. Theres pain and grazes etc for a reason.

And yet you didn’t feel the need to attend a doctor for your “injuries”

RocketRaccoon

I'm completely and utterly fed up of the pathetic claim culture in this country. Hopefully the coronavirus does arrive and wipes a few of these morons/scroungers out.

Ferm001

Started of with Leg and hip, now shin added in, by the time you get to the court steps what else will be included. You fell, sh*t happens, why should somebody other than yourself be to blame.

billyhead

No need for all the personal abuse. I was only asking. It's easy for keyboard warriors to say they wouldn't but I am sure if you fell on train platform that should be gritted as a duty of customer care and injured yourself you would probably think the same.

easypazz

You missed the inportant bit. Stay down until the ambulance arrives.

AndyBoBandy

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

I'm completely and utterly fed up of the pathetic claim culture in this country. Hopefully the coronavirus does arrive and wipes a few of these morons/scroungers out.

I hope China is prepared for the onslaught of claims that will be lodged against them....

Pinch Flat

How much do you think it'll take to make the pain go away OP? Three or four numbers?

easypazz

billyhead wrote: »

No need for all the personal abuse. I was only asking. It's easy for keyboard warriors to say they wouldn't but I am sure if you fell on train platform that should be gritted as a duty of customer care and injured yourself you would probably think the same.

Why should it be gritted?

Footpaths are not gritted.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

billyhead wrote: »

I slipped on ice while about to embark on a train this morning. The platform wasn't fully gritted. I hurt my leg and hip. Nothing broken I hope and think. Would I have grounds for a claim against Irish rail.

Boo hoo sore leg.

“Can I claim?”

It’s people like you who fück everything up for the rest of us. Suck it up and on the next cold morning look out for ice.

Baby01032012

Thought this was after hours.

Sound like you are under 18 so you’d need to take a case through your parents.

Doesn’t sound like you reported it immediately to staff at the station or went to your GP so you’ve no evidence to support your claim.

So grow a pair and grow up

RocketRaccoon

billyhead wrote: »

No need for all the personal abuse. I was only asking. It's easy for keyboard warriors to say they wouldn't but I am sure if you fell on train platform that should be gritted as a duty of customer care and injured yourself you would probably think the same.

No I wouldn't. I'd be embarrassed I fell, it wouldn't even enter my mind to consider a claim against anyone.

Sleeper12

billyhead wrote:

Were I slipped it wasn't gritted and this was the part of the platform from where you step into the train.

Do you have witnesses? Did you take photos showing the this particular area wasn't gritted?

AndyBoBandy

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

No I wouldn't. I'd be embarrassed I fell, it wouldn't even enter my mind to consider a claim against anyone.

And I’d hope to fcuk no one saw me!!

thenightman

Consult a solicitor is the non After Hours idiot type answer, not folk on boards who believe the insurance industries guff about fraudulent claims vs naked profiteering.

amadangomor

Do you work for a tech company and were in at the work nurse this morning OP? If so I was the other lad that was in with the nurse for similar. Irish rail definitely have a duty of care here. I slipped on the way from the carpark to where I work as the path wasn't sufficiently gritted. I guarantee they will have an army of gritters out if it is frosty tomorrow morning.

Irish rail should take incidents like this seriously also and make sure their platforms are ice free. I was just lucky that I was only slightly injured from stopping myself falling.

Panthro

"It's in their (claim) culture boss."
Live.
Learn.
Move on.

endacl

billyhead wrote: »

It was dark and wasn't visible. I didn't go to a doctor. I'm am hoping the pain subsides but the leg is very sore on my right side and when I fell I banged my shin off the bottom edge of the door frame so the shin is grazed and sore aswell.

Créathur

timhenn

Well played OP, you got them good. Foaming at the mouth they are.

Abba987

Do people not fear putting in these claims, being laughed out of court and being told to pay costs for both sides?

I do think this ones a wind up but in general would you not be terrified you'd end up owing thousands

amadangomor

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

And I’d hope to fcuk no one saw me!!

What if you were out of work say for two years because you had a serious injury from slipping due to other peoples negligence? You would change your attitude fairly lively.

Sleeper12

ThewhiteJesus wrote:

It’s a no, but I’m guessing this thread is a wind up, If not you need to get a grip on reality

After the first few posts I clicked on the ops name expecting to see a shiny new account. I was genuinely surprised to see that the account is 14 years old!

893bet

physioman wrote: »

Your broken wrist wouldn't have helped in preventing you saving yourself from falling. Are you suing the council for grease on the road as Well!

So he has a broken hand from a week ago.....hahaha

What a chancer.

L1011

If you were the person behind me getting on my train, the hand rails at the door would have worked fine (as they did for me and the person in front of me) if you weren't holding a keep cup... :pac:

AndyBoBandy

amadangomor wrote: »

What if you were out of work say for two years because you had a serious injury from slipping due to other peoples negligence? You would change your attitude fairly lively.

If I’d injured myself to that extent, you’d be sure that by now I’d have sought medical assistance, and not gone on Boards that night asking if there was any chance of a claim.

thenightman

easypazz wrote: »

Why should it be gritted?

Footpaths are not gritted.

Footpaths should be gritted, like they are in most countries with basic standards. A train station platform should most definitely be thoroughly de-iced as well, common sense to prevent falls like OP's plus other more potentially serious accidents like people slipping and falling on live track.

billyhead

billyhead wrote: »

No need for all the personal abuse. I was only asking. It's easy for keyboard warriors to say they wouldn't but I am sure if you fell on train platform that should be gritted as a duty of customer care and injured yourself you would probably think the same.

No I wouldn’t !
Last year I was leaving work in Dublin rushing for my train , I fell going round the corner of a street , actually tripped on manhole cover . I fell and got a fright and 2 sore knees and cut my hand . Did I claim from Dublin City council .... NO !

I felt it was completely my fault for not looking where I was going, felt like an eejit, got up brushed myself off and ran for the train ! I’m a woman in my fifties . Grow up and take some responsibility for yourself . It’s sickening when people put in claims for this kind of stuff.

amadangomor

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

If I’d injured myself to that extent, you’d be sure that by now I’d have sought medical assistance, and not gone on Boards that night asking if there was any chance of a claim.

Tis the way of the modern world, we are all on here spouting ****e when we have no skin in the game

amadangomor

amadangomor wrote: »

Do you work for a tech company and were in at the work nurse this morning OP? If so I was the other lad that was in with the nurse for similar. Irish rail definitely have a duty of care here. I slipped on the way from the carpark to where I work as the path wasn't sufficiently gritted. I guarantee they will have an army of gritters out if it is frosty tomorrow morning.

Irish rail should take incidents like this seriously also and make sure their platforms are ice free. I was just lucky that I was only slightly injured from stopping myself falling.

Work nurse? I thought there was such a shortage that even the hospitals can’t get them.

amadangomor

Deleted User wrote: »

No I wouldn’t !
Last year I was leaving work in Dublin rushing for my train , I fell going round the corner of a street , actually tripped on manhole cover . I fell and got a fright and 2 sore knees and cut my hand . Did I claim from Dublin City council .... NO !

I felt it was completely my fault for not looking where I was going, felt like an eejit, got up brushed myself off and ran for the train ! I’m a woman in my fifties . Grow up and take some responsibility for yourself . It’s sickening when people put in claims for this kind of stuff.

Agree with you on the personal responsibility front but what happens when the manhole cover is left open again and someone falls in or falls badly and has life changing injuries? You were reckless not reporting it.

AndyBoBandy

amadangomor wrote: »

Tis the way of the modern world

Yep, far too many spongers out there just looking for their chance at a payday due to their own stupidness.

sheldon16

Where does it say anywhere on Irish rail that platforms have to be gritted?

What would you do if you slipped on a puddle? Sue them for not drying the place?

yabadabado

billyhead wrote: »

It was dark and wasn't visible. I didn't go to a doctor. I'm am hoping the pain subsides but the leg is very sore on my right side and when I fell I banged my shin off the bottom edge of the door frame so the shin is grazed and sore aswell.

It was dark,so the ice wasn't visible yet you can tell the path wasn't gritted.


You probably should get an adult to accompany you in future.

corner of hells

CCTV will be your making or breaking OP.
All stations are heavily monitored.
If you're acting the bollix with a spurious claim , you'll meet your arse on the way back down in court.

I'm not sure they are obliged to grit because a lot of stations are fitted anti-slip paving ,, routeways etc.