{"id":20287,"date":"2017-08-17T14:29:38","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T13:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=20287"},"modified":"2017-08-17T14:29:38","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T13:29:38","slug":"the-injury-lawyers-helps-injured-shopper-take-asda-after-painful-slip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2017\/08\/17\/the-injury-lawyers-helps-injured-shopper-take-asda-after-painful-slip\/","title":{"rendered":"The Injury Lawyers helps injured shopper take on Asda after painful slip"},"content":{"rendered":"

An aggrieved supermarket shopper contacted us for help with recovering financial compensation when she slipped in store and injured her knee.<\/p>\n

Our client was shopping in the well-known supermarket chain when she slipped on a piece of vegetation on the floor. At first, Asda denied liability, but we were successful in persuading them to accept responsibility and pay compensation to our client.
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\nThe accident resulted in our client falling to the floor. As is typical with these sorts of knee injuries, the pain worsened throughout the day, but A&E investigations confirmed the good news that nothing was broken.<\/p>\n

How we work out the value of a claim like this<\/h2>\n

When it comes to how we value a soft tissue injury to the knee, we have to take in to account a number of things and assess how the injury has impacted the injured person’s life. People often need care from their close friends and family; we can recover compensation for help with things like bathing, getting dressed, getting to and from the toilet, taking over household chores and meal preparation.<\/p>\n

Why we argued Asda were at fault<\/h3>\n

We argued Asda had an important duty of care to shoppers and visitors under the Occupier Liability Act<\/strong>. Generally speaking, this means Asda has a duty to take all reasonable steps to prevent a person being injured on their premises.<\/p>\n

We alleged:<\/p>\n

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