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  • #32
    strokemyclover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,198 ✭✭✭strokemyclover


    Compo is quite a catch alright, I don't know why that Nora Batty doesn't take him up on his offer!

    I'm confused, is this thread about Last of the Summer Wine?


  • #33
    Merch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,322 ✭✭✭Merch


    Wolfe Tone wrote: »
    Im not trolling, sure if you sue and you are awarded money then there is obviously a justification for getting the cash


    Its not that simple is it though, and in answer to your statement NO, just because someone was awarded money doesnt mean it was justified, it just means it was legal


  • #34
    Degsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,397 ✭✭✭✭Degsy


    I used to know a family that had load of claims between them.

    The mother "hurt her back" in work and got thousands,then off "on the sick" with her while i once watched her push a car into the drive of her house.

    The father had something similar happen,he claimed for a whiplash injury in which teh car was hardly dented..he'd wear his coller when he left the house in case anybody was watching then take it off when he got into his car,went down the pub or spent the day fishing.

    One of the brat kids had a one-inch scar on her knee where she fell on glass at a train station,again she got thousands for it.
    Another kid slipped whilst running in a supermarket and supposedly damaged himself so badly they got a load of money in a payout,despite the fact that i never even saw him limping.

    The leeches got thier house done up,went on lots of holidays and always seemed to have new cars..all on a combination of the dole and compo payouts.


  • #35
    Wolfe Tone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,670 ✭✭✭✭Wolfe Tone


    Merch wrote: »
    Its not that simple is it though, and in answer to your statement NO, just because someone was awarded money doesnt mean it was justified, it just means it was legal
    Take the american "coffee" case, woman spills McDonalds coffee onto herself, she sues. On the surface that sounds mad, dig a little deeper.....

    She was an OAP and got 3rd degree burns on her genitals and surrounding area. MDonalds had paid out a load of people because of this before and knew this was a problem(super hot coffee and no warning, so hot it gives really bad 3rd degree burns in like 2 seconds, even 5 degrees cooler it takes longer to inflict the same damage) and didnt care and set aside a certain amount to pay these people off and shut them up, McDs make millions a day just from coffee and decided to just pay them off and they were making too much cash to reevaluate their policy.

    The woman offered to settle for medical bills and earnings, 20 grand or so, McDonalds refused, courts ruled in the womans favour, now how much to award? 2.6 million it was initially(a days takings I believe) this forced them to change policy, 20 grand wouldnt have.


    Was that a stupid case?


  • #36
    Merch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,322 ✭✭✭Merch


    Wolfe Tone wrote: »
    Take the american "coffee" case, woman spills McDonalds coffee onto herself, she sues. On the surface that sounds mad, dig a little deeper.....

    She was an OAP and got 3rd degree burns on her genitals and surrounding area. MDonalds had paid out a load of people because of this before and knew this was a problem(super hot coffee and no warning, so hot it gives really bad 3rd degree burns in like 2 seconds, even 5 degrees cooler it takes longer to inflict the same damage) and didnt care and set aside a certain amount to pay these people off and shut them up, McDs make millions a day just from coffee and decided to just pay them off and they were making too much cash to reevaluate their policy.

    The woman offered to settle for medical bills and earnings, 20 grand or so, McDonalds refused, courts ruled in the womans favour, now how much to award? 2.6 million it was initially(a days takings I believe) this forced them to change policy, 20 grand wouldnt have.

    Was that a stupid case?

    Yes it was,
    First you say she was an OAP then she was willing to settle for earnings, then McD set aside a certain amount for this but wont pay up so sued, sounds made up to me. whether this is true or hypothetical, in m y mind she has some responsibility and thats the problem with people that sue on a whim, they shirk their own responsibility


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  • #37
    Degsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,397 ✭✭✭✭Degsy


    Wolfe Tone wrote: »
    She was an OAP and got 3rd degree burns on her genitals


    So what? Its not like she needed them for anything.


  • #38
    Kasabian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭Kasabian


    Degsy wrote: »
    So what? Its not like she needed them for anything.

    Wayne Rooney begs to differ.


  • #39
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sds9TFBT9e4


  • #40
    It wasn't me!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,034 ✭✭✭✭It wasn't me!


    Wolfe Tone wrote: »
    Take the american "coffee" case, woman spills McDonalds coffee onto herself, she sues. On the surface that sounds mad, dig a little deeper.....

    She was an OAP and got 3rd degree burns on her genitals and surrounding area. MDonalds had paid out a load of people because of this before and knew this was a problem(super hot coffee and no warning, so hot it gives really bad 3rd degree burns in like 2 seconds, even 5 degrees cooler it takes longer to inflict the same damage) and didnt care and set aside a certain amount to pay these people off and shut them up, McDs make millions a day just from coffee and decided to just pay them off and they were making too much cash to reevaluate their policy.

    The woman offered to settle for medical bills and earnings, 20 grand or so, McDonalds refused, courts ruled in the womans favour, now how much to award? 2.6 million it was initially(a days takings I believe) this forced them to change policy, 20 grand wouldnt have.


    Was that a stupid case?

    A warning? You really think I'm going to be less likely to spill coffee on my nads because there's a warning? That's a stupid bloody thing to sue over in any case. Coffee is hot. It's not difficult to take one look at it or feel the cup to ascertain whether it's too hot to drink/pour on your nads. If you subsequently trip and spill it on yourself and get burnt, the primary reason is that you tripped, not that the coffee was hot. People need to start taking responsibility for themselves. If I'm climbing a tree and fall and hurt myself, should I sue the landowner for not making it more difficult to climb the tree? Or for not removing the hard things I fell on from around the bottom of the tree which did the damage? Maybe the tree needs a warning label?


  • #41
    Saruman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,389 ✭✭✭✭Saruman


    My favourite one is the woman who passed out in Disneyland. Someone in a mickey mouse costume save her life as they, like all staff were trained in CPR. Woman sues Disneyworld for shattering her fantasy that Mickey Mouse was real. Her horror at coming back to life and finding out that it was just someone in a costume deserved millions it seems.

    No I have never sued for compo. It would take a lot for me to think it justified.


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  • #42
    Topper Harley01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 144 ✭✭Topper Harley01


    Wolfe Tone wrote: »
    Im a law student, I now look out in everyday life for ways I could claim compensation, or when I hear a story my reaction is "oh, you could/should sue!"


    Nothing wrong with claiming compensation or suing people


    And yet you'd argue to the death that you are some sort of patriot. You can never give out about the actions of Fianna Fail after that post... :rolleyes:


  • #43
    breadmonster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 221 ✭✭breadmonster


    i used to know one girl that claims for sexual harassment at work in nearly every job she worked in. She usually gets paid off from the company and a non disclosure agreement put in place.


  • #44
    Brain Stroking
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭Brain Stroking


    The key to compo is in your psychological report. "I cant sleep" "I have nightmares" "I am more withdrawn" etc etc. Arbitrary, intangible and unquantifiable. Guaranteed money


  • #45
    filthymcnasty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 644 ✭✭✭filthymcnasty


    breadmonster wrote: »
    i used to know one girl that claims for sexual harassment at work in nearly every job she worked in. She usually gets paid off from the company and a non disclosure agreement put in place.

    that bitch, there was uproar amongst the Leeson st pimps when she started demanding her plan B VHI


  • #46
    seanybiker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    I know one young one who got knocked down as a child. Got a big claim outta that and spent it all once she got it at 18. She has since jumped down nearly every stairs in town.


  • #47
    Wolfe Tone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,670 ✭✭✭✭Wolfe Tone


    Topper Harley01 wrote: »
    And yet you'd argue to the death that you are some sort of patriot. You can never give out about the actions of Fianna Fail after that post... :rolleyes:
    Me?, no Im some insignificant lad who likes to write on forums, nothing more at all.


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