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Slipped on a wet patch? Find out if you can claim today
The best thing to do is call our claims helpline on 0800 634 7575 for free and friendly advice about your options for claiming.
But if you are just after a little bit of an idea as to whether you may have a claim for slipping on a wet patch, read on and I’ll try and answer some questions you may have.
If you have slipped and injured yourself then you could be entitled to thousands of pounds in personal compensation.
Slipped on a clear liquid – can I make a claim for compensation?
A clear liquid like water, certain types of soap, or petrol can be very hard to spot, if not impossible to spot, on the floor. As such, they pose an obvious but often unseen slipping hazard in places like shops, supermarkets, halls, or places of work.
So if you slip on a clear liquid, can you make a claim for compensation?
Soft tissue injuries, sprains, twists, and bruising to the foot and ankle
Many people think that you need to have broken something to make a claim for personal injury compensation, but this isn’t true. Soft tissue damage, which usually categorises for any bruising, sprains, or twisting type injuries to the muscles and ligaments in the area, is a claimable injury.
Many are worried whether it’s even worth claiming for – but there’s a lot more to claiming than you might think, so read on for some useful advice about what you can claim for and how much you could be entitled to.
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Tripped and injured by a bolt or screw protruding from the floor?
Over time there are things can happen to fixtures, fittings, and buildings – plastering can fail, ceilings can crumble, and screws or bolts are liable to become loose. So what happens if you are the victim of a tripping accident that is caused by a screw or a bolt protruding from the ground perhaps due to changes over time, or where it has been accidentally left in that way that poses a tripping hazard?
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Tripped over raised paving slab? Make a compensation claim today!
If a paving slab becomes loose or raises and causes a lip, it is an obvious tripping hazard. Most people are not looking at their feet when they’re walking along and it is not expected that anyone should be – after all you’d end up walking in to all sorts in front of you!
So if you are injured due to a lip caused by a raised or sunken paving slab then you may be able to make a claim for personal injury compensation.
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Fell down an open drain in the road – advice from The Injury Lawyers
Don’t feel daft if you have fallen down an open drain in the road – there is case law that supports that a victim of a hole trip or fall should not be persecuted for not watching their feet. If you were to look at the ground wherever you are walking then you’re probably going to end up walking in to someone or something ahead of you!
So if you have fallen down an open drain or manhole in the road, you may be entitled to claim for personal injury compensation. Read on for more advice.
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Slipped on yoghurt – injury claim advice!
Whilst the common supermarket slipping claim is often shunned by people who believe the spin that the press regularly report about injury lawyers and compensation claims, you’ll likely find yourself needing one if you become the unfortunate victim of an accident resulting in injury and loss!
Yoghurt is somewhat of a prime culprit when it comes to slipping accident compensation claims and they commonly occur in shops and supermarkets – so what are your rights if this happens to you?
Slip on liquid accident compensation claims advice
Slipping on a liquid substance on the floor – whether it’s simply water, oil, juice, or perhaps some trodden on fruit or food – will likely result in some form of injury. Whether you’ve hit the ground and bruised or broken limbs or even where the slip has caused a twisting injury to an ankle or the back perhaps, it can be a painful experience to go through.
So what happens if you slip on a liquid in a public place like a shop or a supermarket, or perhaps if you have slipped on liquid at work? Can you make a claim for a slipping injury compensation?
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No Win, No Fee Supermarket Claim Lawyers
If you have had an accident in a supermarket you may be entitled to claim personal injury compensation. The Occupiers Liability Act, which is the law that governs health and safety for visitors to supermarkets, says that they should take all reasonable steps to prevent an accident.
If we can prove that the supermarket has breached the regulations that they must adhere to, the Law says you can be compensated.
Will I win a claim for a slip on a wet floor?
It can be quite hard to determine whether you will win your case right at the start of the claim. We need to investigate the accident with the other side to find out whether they have a reasonable defence or not. Unless we actually pursue the claim we normally cannot really tell what their position might be.
But I can explain what factors can affect such claims as well as discussing the law that applies as this gives you an insight in to how things work.