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Tripped due to a Dangerous Doorway or Doorframe Claim Advice
It can perhaps be seen as an unusual set of circumstances, but we get a surprising volume of calls from people who want to know their legal rights when they have tripped due to what they perceive as a dangerous door frame. What I mean by this is any raised edges in a doorway, which can of course be fairly common anyway.
If you trip, can you make a claim for personal injury compensation? Is there a claim for negligence if you trip due to a dangerous lip or rise in a doorway?
Tripped on dangerous cobblestone? Advice from The Injury Lawyers
Cobbled streets are often old, so it’s important for local authorities to keep on top of maintaining them. You can easily end up tripping on a raised cobblestone, or falling due to a missing cobblestone.
So if this has happened to you, can you make a claim for personal injury compensation? Are the council liable to pay you out if you have been injured in a cobblestone accident?
Slipped on Dairy Product – Injury Lawyers Advice
Dairy products can easily be spilled; and when they land on a hard floor, they can become a dangerous slipping hazard. The old saying ‘don’t cry over spilt milk’ may not apply to the victim of an accident who has twisted their knee or broken their arm due to a dairy product spillage.
Whether it’s a spilt patch of milk in Morrison’s or some ice cream melted on a shopping centre floor, what are your rights if you slip on a dairy product spillage? Can you make a claim for personal injury compensation?
Slipped on a Vegetable in a Supermarket or Shop? Injury Lawyers Advice
It sounds both embarrassing and clichéd – being injured and making a claim for personal injury compensation for slipping on nothing more than a bit of vegetable on the ground. But for the victim, it’s not as funny or as daft when it comes to making a claim as some might assume.
It only take one little bit of cabbage or carrot to cause a slipping accident. Especially when mashed and trodden on, vegetables like this can make for a slippery bit of ground. So if you are the victim of a vegetable slipping accident, what can you do?
Slipped when lifting at work? Advice from The Injury Lawyers
When it comes to manual handling in the workplace, it isn’t just about training in correct lifting techniques, providing equipment and enough people for a lift, and making sure lifts are performed safely; there are other factors to take in to account as well.
As the title of this blog may suggest, let’s look at slips when performing manual handling activities in the workplace. Is your employer negligent? When can you make a claim for personal injury compensation if you slip when performing a manual handling activity?
Tripped on a raised carpet? Advice from The Injury Lawyers
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Health and safety legislation is aimed at making sure reasonable steps are taken to prevent a person from being injured. There are regulations for public places, workplaces, and as a resident in a rented property. Whilst the regulations may be named slightly differently, they all share the common purpose of protecting people from being in an accident.
Fall Accident Claims – No Win No Fee from The Injury Lawyers
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Fall accidents – whether it’s a fall caused by a slip or a trip, or a fall from height in the workplace on some ladders or scaffolding, the injuries can be devastating. There’s plenty of health and safety legislation in place for general public places, as well as for workplaces, to prevent people from being injured in a fall accident.
Let’s take a look at the law and when you may have a claim for personal injury compensation.
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Slipped in a nightclub toilet? Injury Lawyers Advice
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The last thing you want when you’re enjoying a night out on the tiles is to slip and injure yourself and ruin the evening. The state of some nightclub toilet floors can be a real danger, so if you slip and end up being injured, you may be able to make a claim for personal injury compensation.
There are, of course, a few things to take in to account though – so read on for some advice on what to do.
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Injured by Cleaner at Work – Wet Floors Compensation Claims Advice
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There are many workplace rules and regulations that employers must abide by – and if we can prove they have breached important health and safety law, we can pursue a claim for personal injury compensation for you.
But what happens if you are injured due to the negligence of a colleague? Whether they work for your employer or they’re contracted externally, if you are injured because of a cleaner failing to adhere to important regulations, you may have a claim for personal injury compensation.
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Advice for trip or fall claims caused by poorly repaired roads and paths
When a defect appears in the road or on the pathways, there is a duty for the council or local responsible authority or agency to make safe the area or make appropriate reparations. But sometimes, repair work doesn’t quite go as it should do, or is perhaps not done to a proper and safe standard.
So what happens if you trip or fall because an area that has been worked on has either been poorly or incorrectly repaired? Can you claim for personal injury compensation?
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