Police officer sues garage over fall

[Rusty]

Marky .. I agree .. it does create a negative reaction ..
I don't know anyone in the job who would even think of "claiming' for such an accident, and that's what it was .. an accident .... Something in this world that most people seem to have forgotten all about because everyone else wants you to sue for damages.
Sadly common sense went out the door years ago.

[Lonewolf]

An Officer at our place sued the Force recently as they sustained an injury on duty and they were successful in their claim, they received £4500.






(Not me I hasten to add!)

[Charlie747]

 
I don't have a prob with a genuine case.....................but tripping over your own shoe lace on the call of duty is taking the PISS 

Case in point.  I heard this story when in the trade.

A dentist in the USA orders his new Red BMW 535 (Hot Motor in those days) from his local dealer. His only proviso is that it must only have factory finish paint on the car!

The car is ordered and some were over the rainbow in a shed in down town Germany a car is born............put on a boat and shipped to the BMW import centre downtown USA where it is inspected and prepped for dealer delivery after shipping.

So far so good.....................you with me so far?

The dealer takes delivery and after PDI hands the car over for massive wads of wonga.......................all is well in the world until........................................THE END USER (life is so simply without them) goes out at night and parks under a street light..........................................

........................you get my point lol.............the car had 2 different shades of red under the street light....................

End user sues dealer / dealer not painted car! / But BMW's import centre had touched up a small damage in transit mark on the paintwork (Not known to dealer as there is no need to know it is a new car with factory finish after all)......................so factory finish manufacture paint finish YES..........................NO not according to the court judge............................End user had new car foc plus financial compensation that was in excess of twice the monetary value of the car plus costs..........................

Only in USA?.........................Na......we are getting as bad 

 

[Kevin]

Only in USA?.........................Na......we are getting as bad 

I think we're worse. I was quite sure our overbearing H&S culture originated from the US but I'm having second thoughts. It's certainly not prevalent in Europe where, for example, you can wander round a castle's ramparts without having huge fences to stop you falling over the edge:



If you fall off it's your own stupid fault.

When we're in Oregon Caves recently we were very surprised not to be given safety helmets to wear. There were lots of low 'ceilings' and plenty of bits of rock to bang your head on but the onus, very sensibly, was on the visitor to look where they were going. I can't see that happening here at any public attraction. Perhaps all the H&S nannying and compensation-culture is home grown?

Kevin

[O.C.]

hear hear Kevin