{"id":4477,"date":"2010-11-24T12:16:05","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T11:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=4477"},"modified":"2010-11-24T12:16:05","modified_gmt":"2010-11-24T11:16:05","slug":"what-happens-if-i-become-involved-in-a-supermarket-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2010\/11\/24\/what-happens-if-i-become-involved-in-a-supermarket-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happens If I Become Involved in a Supermarket Accident?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"If you are unfortunate enough to become involved in an accident at a supermarket<\/strong> that wasn\u2019t your fault then you might be able to make an injury compensation claim<\/a>. Unfortunately, accidents like this occur more often than we\u2019d think –\u00a0in fact, supermarket accidents are on the increase as one of the more common injury compensation claims. Although health and safety regulations state that all facilities must ensure they show a duty of care to customers, accidents still happen on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

All supermarkets have a number of checks they must\u00a0complete throughout the day. They must ensure that spillages are cleaned up as soon as they happen to prevent anyone from injuring themselves. They must also check that any other hazards, such as displays that have been knocked over, are rectified immediately.<\/p>\n

Supermarkets can get extremely busy, especially during the evenings and weekends. This means the likeliness of you becoming involved in an accident increases. People in supermarkets can be careless when pushing their shopping trolleys, and often push them into people or over people\u2019s toes without realising.
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If you become involved in an accident at a supermarket, you should:<\/p>\n