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Compensation Culture

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by Stressed Hippo, Apr 1, 2013.

  1. I largely admire the police. Ok, some are corrupt or lazy, many will be hard working and conscientious. However, they spend most of their working lives clearing up other people's mess, so it is not a career I ever considered.

    I saw a news article last night (ok, the media don't often provide a balanced, unbiased view), that featured a garage owner who called 999 due to an incident he was concerned about. One of the attending police officers tripped up a kerb at the scene and hurt her ankle.

    The garage owner is now being sued for compensation, and the claim is backed by the police federation.

    FFS! Your views?
     
  2. It's another example of the UK copying the US claim culture which is driven by shark like, fee hungry lawyers. Until they stop it in the US then it will continue here.
     
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  3. i saw that, even with the biased Sky spin on the story it didnt make sense. If the kerb was just the kerb as reported then it does stink of compensation culture that on those facts shouldnt succeed.

    If however there was something wrong with the path area that has since been repaired or replaced then we are not being told the full original story and to that end good luck to the claimant!
     
  4. Saw this yesterday. You have to laugh, tripping on a kerb at night in an area no one goes unless youre chasing a suspected burglar...and try and claim off the victim....whatever next; chipped a nail writing a speeding ticket, missed their wedding so wants compo?!

    pmsl
     
  5. or you could ask if you are being given the full story...
     
  6. The laws change on compensation claims today probably making claims like this was no longer viable for solicitors.
     
  7. ...or I could be as cynical as the WPC in the article ;)
     
  8. i dont believe she gave her side of the story.............or more to the point was asked......
     
  9. Actions speak louder than words in many situations....case closed :upyeah:
     
  10. You can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time.........case suitably taken in and swallowed :upyeah:
     
  11. I see the compo culture constantly in work these days.
    10 years a go if a supplier let you down you would bollock them or find another supplier... Now one is expected to seek damages/compo or whatever can be got without having to do any work for it!

    Won't be long before we're completely paralyzed with it all!
     
  12. on another angle i did hear that the front seat passenger seat in most vehicles is referred to as the 'compensation seat'.....
     
  13. Early April Fool's joke?
     
  14. The report I read mentioned a poorly lit area and a kerb that wasn't sign-posted or otherwise highlighted. Whilst I have no time for some aspects of the compensation culture we are all blighted with, the situation is that the garage owner has a safety obligation towards the public but also has public liability insurance. The insurance claim will cover the damages - but then I can foresee the guy's premium going up.

    If the garage owner wanted to avoid this situation, he should have joined the ranks of other business that have to post signs or give advice that state the fecking obvious - e.g. "Your cup of coffee/hot apple pie, sir, caution contents may be hot!", "Watch your step", "Low Ceiling" and other such apparent inanities. The problem is, your hot apple pie being hot, and the danger posed by an unlit, uneven service on a premises, are both lumped in under the same liability/blame culture. I don't like to see one aspect tarred with the same stupid brush as the other.

    In this particular case, if the area was too dark to see clearly, a torch was possibly what the officer should have been reaching for at the time, and not a phone to call "Claimr'R'Us" afterwards.
     
  15. Anybody can start a claim against anybody else at any time for any reason, just like anybody can make an allegation against anybody else. If the claim is rubbish, spurious or unjustified, it will be thrown out. Frequently people chance their arm and put in some kind of nuisance claim, but they rarely get anywhere. People often make unsubstantiated allegations. And this is supposed to be news? Even by the Daily Mail's abysmal standards, they must be getting desperate if this is all they can find to fill their rag.
     
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  16. True...as demonstrated by the recent events linked to phone hacking and newspaper tipoffs...from the tip to he toe

    Statement from the force commissioner for he area today that it was disappointing one of his officers saw fit to pursue action when all officers understand the risks and dangers when they join to SERVE the public. Clearly fooled too ;-)
     
  17. Such an old view now.......they dont want career officer anymore, they want 7 years then go! as all the rights and entitlements disappear ....funnily enough though they still want the career attitude commitment, serving the public, putting your life on the line etc etc
     
  18. Funny how thats exactly the same as nurses and teachers, also what would have been classed as a vocation (almost calling) rather than a career.
     
  19. we need someone to blame......
     
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