washerboy Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9415812/starbucks-tea-scalded-schoolgirl-compensation/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedge Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 So - based on this, anyone of us can engineer a claim by buying a coffee, stuffing under our arm and if we're not *offered a tray*, we can spill it and claim compensation? This just encourages the `where there's blame` culture and really stupid people. I would imagine the payout was chepear than actually going to court. I'm going to stop working and become a professional claimant/stupid person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discobob Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 The way of the world nowadays - Darwinism turned on its head and lowest common denominator and all that!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 Stupid has never been illegal, but it would appear it is being positively encouraged! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 She was 12 for crying out loud, and I doubt very much she decided to sue! Don’t you think that may have been the idea of an adult? Perhaps a parent? Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmboy91 Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 It's funny because I was knocked over by a forklift at work at the start of May, due the driver ignoring a stop signal. I'm back now but realisticly it's going to be a year before the damage is completely healed. If I was to claim id be lucky to see £1600 after legal fees. Stories like this make genuine claims a joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retsdon Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 17 minutes ago, Farmboy91 said: It's funny because I was knocked over by a forklift at work at the start of May, due the driver ignoring a stop signal. I'm back now but realisticly it's going to be a year before the damage is completely healed. If I was to claim id be lucky to see £1600 after legal fees. Stories like this make genuine claims a joke. I'm surprised you can't get a lawyer to take on your case on a contingency basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmboy91 Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 12 minutes ago, Retsdon said: I'm surprised you can't get a lawyer to take on your case on a contingency basis. The last one I spoke to wouldnt as the size of the claim wasn't big enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Farmboy91 said: The last one I spoke to wouldnt as the size of the claim wasn't big enough. The injury has to last over 4-6 weeks. If it genuinely will take over a year to recover then: 1) why are you back at work? You should have told them your still having problems and not have gone back? 🤷♂️ 2) you will definitely have a claim and it’ll be more than £1600 if your injury is more than a year long. Also, why shouldn't you claim? You’ve been injured by someone else’s negligence. I can only think that you’ve told them your fine? 🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 (edited) I bet there's loads more relevant facts to this story than the Sun printed, did the serving staff watch as the 12 year old who presumably wasn't given or offered a tray started to walk away precariously carrying the hot liquids ? Should we expect certain minimum standards from establishments that sell potentially hot foods to young people ? I bet most people bashing so called stupidity would be beside themselves with anger and resentment if it had been their own 12 year old. I also bet she and her parents would swap her healthy skin for £75k miserable grand in a heart beat. Edited July 2, 2019 by Hamster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmboy91 Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Lloyd90 said: The injury has to last over 4-6 weeks. If it genuinely will take over a year to recover then: 1) why are you back at work? You should have told them your still having problems and not have gone back? 🤷♂️ 2) you will definitely have a claim and it’ll be more than £1600 if your injury is more than a year long. Also, why shouldn't you claim? You’ve been injured by someone else’s negligence. I can only think that you’ve told them your fine? 🤷♂️ I'm back at work because I simply can't afford flat weeks, simple as that. And as for telling them I'm fine, far from it. To put in a claim will cost me my job, so I have to be careful how I go about things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB1 Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 2 hours ago, Hamster said: I bet there's loads more relevant facts to this story than the Sun printed, did the serving staff watch as the 12 year old who presumably wasn't given or offered a tray started to walk away precariously carrying the hot liquids ? Should we expect certain minimum standards from establishments that sell potentially hot foods to young people ? I bet most people bashing so called stupidity would be beside themselves with anger and resentment if it had been their own 12 year old. I also bet she and her parents would swap her healthy skin for £75k miserable grand in a heart beat. Still can't see how Starbucks can be responsible for her putting a hot drink under her arm….. Perhaps her parents should have been sued too for not teaching her the right and wrongs of handling hot liquids🙄…. My 6 & 8 year old's wouldn't have been so stupid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 25 minutes ago, KB1 said: Still can't see how Starbucks can be responsible for her putting a hot drink under her arm….. Perhaps her parents should have been sued too for not teaching her the right and wrongs of handling hot liquids🙄…. My 6 & 8 year old's wouldn't have been so stupid... We get more like America every day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 1 hour ago, KB1 said: Still can't see how Starbucks can be responsible for her putting a hot drink under her arm….. Perhaps her parents should have been sued too for not teaching her the right and wrongs of handling hot liquids🙄…. My 6 & 8 year old's wouldn't have been so stupid... Well this is why we have courts of law 😊 where they can listen to both sides versions of events and make judgements based on culpability, stranger awards have been made. One thing's for sure, PigeonWatch massive wouldn't have been privy to the exact first hand details, not that that ever stops people from putting the world to rights all the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 Whether the court finds either side guilty or not these company's settle out of court, so we may not know if the coffee shop would have won or not. For some company's settling out of court is a preferred option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diver One Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 A woman, I think in London, successfully sued NIKE because they didn't give clear instructions about tying the laces on her new trainers and the little snowflake tripped and hurt herself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 3 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: We get more like America every day! If only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB1 Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 I remember…... Walking onto a building site with my wellies on, and getting a nail through my foot. - (No one told me that my wellies were too soft!) Brushing my teeth with my ex-wife's Immac Hair Remover; OUCH….. - ( It didn't say on the tube that it 'wasn't' toothpaste!) Putting my fingers clean through the toilet roll I was applying to my soiled posterior🤢 - (There was no instructions informing me how many times to fold the tissue to prevent such an occurrence!) Chipping my tooth on next doors patio after I jumped their fence, when I was 10 years old. - (There weren't any jumping technique instructions around; nor were there any height markings on the fence, which would have ensured I stayed handsome to this day!) To be honest, if I listed everything over the years and then apply snowflake logic, I should be approaching the £200m compensation level by now🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFC Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 She was 12 years old and with her Grandmother. Her Grandmother surely had the role of 'responsible adult', because she was a child, and the Grandmother should have ensured she used a tray, or at least did not tuck a cup of boiling water under her arm🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 hello, i agree KFC should have sued the grandmother, but the person on the till in starbucks should have told her to use a tray, 21 hours ago, hedge said: So - based on this, anyone of us can engineer a claim by buying a coffee, stuffing under our arm and if we're not *offered a tray*, we can spill it and claim compensation? This just encourages the `where there's blame` culture and really stupid people. I would imagine the payout was chepear than actually going to court. I'm going to stop working and become a professional claimant/stupid person. hello, i am sure there are people who do this or engineer an accident, i know of 2 accounts where this was done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 Quote Well this is why we have courts of law 😊 where they can listen to both sides versions of events and make judgements based on culpability, stranger awards have been made. One thing's for sure, PigeonWatch massive wouldn't have been privy to the exact first hand details, not that that ever stops people from putting the world to rights all the same. Never a truer word spoken. In fairness to many PW members - I will include myself, before someone else does - we have rarely let facts cloud the issue.😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 👍 ^^^^^^^👏👏^^^^^^^^^^^😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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