When our shower broke I fixed it temporarily using the garden watering can, but it fell on the wife's head and now she says she has more migraines than usual but it's only so she can get out of going to the Townswomens Afternoon Club when Mrs Walsh gives her talk with slideshow 'The Glory That Was The Incas' following her holiday in Peru after she won that bit of money. The wife is thinking of claiming for having an accident that wasn't her fault but it's against me and it will only come out of our family budget
anyway, but she says her winnings wil be ring-fenced for her own personal use. Isn't this a perfect example of the real danger of the claim culture?
2006-07-31 00:08:31 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
She will have to attribute that injury directly to more migranes, and for that you need experts in court, which costs alot of money, if you warned her, then she could be held partly liable for her own injury.
Remember i have alot people who dream about claiming this and that, and in the uk, its not easy to win, you got to put your money where mouth is. Suing yourself is not the answer which is what she is proposing!
2006-07-31 12:03:57 · answer #1 · answered by logicalawyer 3 · 7⤊ 2⤋
Your first mistake was to do the Manly thing and fix the shower head. Big mistake. I know hind sight is always 20/20, but what you should have done was simply taken her out to the back yard and hosed her off.
But that doesn't solve the problem now.
I suggest that what you do is convert immediately to the Azteccal religion (free but they request a 200 peso donation). You can then exercise the ancient religion practice of cutting her heart out and tossing it into the garden. A less extreme but still effective option is to cut her tongue out. That would , in effect, solve 2 problems that you have. Good luck.
2006-07-31 08:11:40 · answer #2 · answered by Dave B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
very true it just go's to prove how stupid the new claims law is. An accident is just that its not like you decided to hurt your wife on purpose and if she thought the shower head was unsafe sh should have fixed it herself.
Unfortunately she probably can take the case to court I would recommend an out of court settlement of breakfast in bed and a bunch of flowers. It might just work.
2006-07-31 07:28:51 · answer #3 · answered by stevojc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's a perfext example of people using minor accident to try and gain money from people now-adays. You should sit her down and talk about what happened, tell her it wasn't your fault, etc. I think if she talks to a solicitor, they'll try and push her to do it, because they want to be paid, and they aren't exactly fair people.
2006-07-31 07:15:55 · answer #4 · answered by abebibobub2003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why spend money on a court case against yourself?
Fight it and give the solicitors everything you own!!!
2006-07-31 07:14:52 · answer #5 · answered by ii337 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So she wants to pay people to take the money that belongs to both of you and give some of it to her? Is she stupid or something?
2006-07-31 07:52:24 · answer #6 · answered by thatoneguy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats madness maybe the knock on your wife's head has done something to her brain hehe
2006-07-31 07:14:20 · answer #7 · answered by citta_uk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your insurance will pay her not you you should both get a good holiday out of it, premiums may rise slightly
2006-07-31 07:13:41 · answer #8 · answered by gordon-21up 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WHAT??????
2006-07-31 07:53:35 · answer #9 · answered by IrishLassie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋