Have you ever tripped over a raised grate resulting in injury?
If you have tripped on a raised grate and injured yourself, you are entitled to make a claim for personal injury compensation. Compensation is based on your suffering and losses incurred as a result of injury. For example, if you are suffer a broken leg it is likely you would have to take time off from work resulting in you suffering a loss of earnings if you are not paid at all or in full for having time off work.
Pothole claims against a council – advice from The Injury lawyers
The colder seasons of the year normally result in an increase in people making a claim for personal injury compensation as result of a pothole injury. Generally speaking, potholes are more commonly formed in colder weather because water seeps in to cracks in the highway surface and expands when it freezes overnight, causing the ground to crack and break open.
So if you are the victim of a pothole accident, what are your rights for a pothole claim against the council?
Council Claims – Wobbly Paving Slabs
Have you been injured in an accident due to a wobbly paving slab?
Whether you tripped, slipped, or fell due to a wobbly paving slab, however minor or serious your injuries are, you may be able to make a claim for compensation. It may be that one of several organisations could potentially be liable for your accident. This could be either the local authority / local council, The Highways Agency, or a private landowner if it was a shop front or other places like that. For the majority of claims due to accidents of this nature, the local Council is the one to blame for not maintaining the land on which you had your accident.
Slipped on leaked water in a rented house?
Have you ever slipped on leaked water in a rental property?
As surprising as it sounds, these types of accidents are fairly common nowadays! Even in your home, an accident like this is likely to have shaken you up quite a bit. Whether you’ve sustained cuts and bruises or broken bones its likely you’ll be able to make a claim for your injuries.
Slipped in a toilet? Advice from The Injury Lawyers
Toilets are prime locations for slipping accidents and people making a claim for personal injury compensation having being injured in an accident. As you can imagine, water (and perhaps other liquids!) are spilled on the floor and can naturally result in a person slipping and falling.
So if this has happened to you, what are your rights for making a claim for personal injury compensation?
Winter is what I like to call “pothole season” because they’re far more likely to occur in the colder months. Generally speaking, a pothole is formed when water seeps in to cracks in the surface and then freezes and expands in low temperatures. This causes an extreme amount of pressure to build up in the concrete and can cause it to crack and break.
Over time, the hole normally will deepen and deepen. As such, cold weather is a common catalyst for the creation of pothole, divots, and other defects that cover our highways and paths.
So what happens if you trip and / or fall because of a pothole? Or what happens if you drive over a monster of a hole and end up with an injury?
Have you tripped on a raised manhole / grate cover?
If you have been injured after tripping over a raised manhole or drain / grate cover, you may be entitled to make a claim for personal injury compensation.
Perhaps the cover was loose and had raised up, or was defective and a lip has been created. Either way, if it is not properly flush with the ground and it’s an obvious tripping hazard, there is a duty on whoever is responsible to take reasonable steps to prevent this from happening.
So what are your chances of winning a case?
Tripped in a car park? Advice from The Injury Lawyers
Concrete can break, raise, and crumble under the stresses of bad weather and pressure from vehicles constantly driving over surfaces. If you drive, you’ve probably seen potholes littered everywhere on our highways, and it’s a mission in itself to dodge them and avoid damaging your car.
But what happens if you’re in a car park and you trip due to a pothole or other defect on the surface? Can you make a claim for personal injury compensation from the council or whoever is in control of the car park?
Slipped on grease or oil at work – advice from The Injury Lawyers
Working in kitchens, garages, factories, and many other places of employment puts employees at risk of slipping on spilled grease or oil that could end up on the floor. Workers rushing around in busy restaurant areas will often result in spillages on the floor, and factories and garages may also result in spillages generally as well.
So what happens if you slip as an employee on some spilled grease or oil in the workplace? Can you make a claim for personal injury compensation?
Accident in a walk in fridge or a walk in freezer at work – advice from The Injury Lawyers
Walk in fridges and walk in freezes are common in many workplaces, particularly those in the catering industry. They can, for many reasons, be very dangerous to employees, so employers need to take as many precautions as possible to prevent a person from being injured in a walk in fridge or freezer.
If you have an accident in a walk in fridge or freezer, you may be entitled to make a claim for personal injury compensation.