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Settlement Figure For Injury To Shoulder

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  • masterlumps
    masterlumps Posts: 542 Forumite
    oh its everything to do with america its all sue sue sue claim claim claim over there and it has been gradually creeping up on us for years
  • vaio
    vaio Posts: 12,287 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Quentin wrote: »
    ......All employers have to havecompilsory liability insurance to cover their employees, and must post up their certificate where the employees can see it!...........

    and entertainingly, keep the certificates for forty years (yep 40 years)
  • Quentin
    Quentin Posts: 40,405 Forumite
    vaio wrote: »
    and entertainingly, keep the certificates for forty years (yep 40 years)

    Not too much entertaining about asbestosis when it kicks in 30 years after you were exposed to the asbestos!
  • missile
    missile Posts: 11,886 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Most solicitors will give a free initial consultation and if you choose a good one he/she will be able to advise what your claim might be worth.

    You may find it easier and less confrontational to ask the solicitor to pursue the claim and his fees will be born by your employer's insurer.
    "A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
    Ride hard or stay home :iloveyou:
  • geri1965_2
    geri1965_2 Posts: 8,736 Forumite
    masterlumps wrote: »
    oh its everything to do with america its all sue sue sue claim claim claim over there and it has been gradually creeping up on us for years

    Have you found your way to the Discussion Time forum yet? Looks like you will fit in well over there.
  • masterlumps
    masterlumps Posts: 542 Forumite
    what do you mean by that?
  • vaio
    vaio Posts: 12,287 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Over in DT lots of people seem to advocate banning compensation as a method of reducing insurance premiums
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