Accident in shop

Manxman_in_exile

I'll keep it going!


whenever I'm in a supermarket with a hand basket I feel that I constantly have to be on the look out for uncontrolled kids running around the aisles (especially around the corners of aisles!) I'm just waiting for some kid to run into the corner of my basket and put the proverbial eye out!


Why can't parents control their offspring? I actually think supermarkets (and some other public environments) are potentially dangerous for kids. It's not like home where parents can let them run riot if they want to.


(Sorry - slightly off topic!)

theonlywayisup

This is an example of a bona fide issue. :eek:

pelirocco

Is it normal for a solicitor to get in touch after an accident has been reported ?

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pelirocco wrote: »

Is it normal for a solicitor to get in touch after an accident has been reported ?

Reading between the lines, the OP does say it was a solicitor acting for the Supermarket who contacted her.

But it's surely more likely that this is really some Ambulance Chasing, especially as the "solicitor" seems to be asking for permission to investigate?

I doubt the OP will ever provide the answer..

JosephK

The "Stella Awards" are named after the lady who spilled coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonalds. They are awarded for the most frivolous successful claims in the US.

One such was that of Kathleen Robertson. She was awarded $780,000 by a (sym)pathetic jury after breaking her ankle tripping over a child who was running around in a furniture store. The store owners were, unsurprisingly, less pleased especially as the misbehaving youngster was Ms Robertson's son:beer:

George_Michael

JosephK wrote: »

The "Stella Awards" are named after the lady who spilled coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonalds. They are awarded for the most frivolous successful claims in the US.

One such was that of Kathleen Robertson. She was awarded $780,000 by a (sym)pathetic jury after breaking her ankle tripping over a child who was running around in a furniture store. The store owners were, unsurprisingly, less pleased especially as the misbehaving youngster was Ms Robertson's son:beer:

WHAT ABOUT THE “STELLA AWARDS” (NAMED FOR STELLA LIEBECK) CIRCULATING AROUND THE INTERNET?

The Stella Awards, which are supposedly six “crazy” lawsuits, have been circulating around the Internet since May 2001. They are all entirely made up. According to Snopes.com, a website that debunks urban legends, “All of the entries in the list are fabrications – a search for news stories about each of these cases failed to turn up anything, as did a search for each law case.” http://www.snopes.com/legal/lawsuits.asp

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LABMAN

A supermarket by it's very nature has trolleys in the aisles. There's also a lot of glass containers in there to fall on to too...?

NotRichAtAll

I don't know what common procedure is

a. pick kid up tell them to behave and stop messing round
b. continue shopping, avoiding aisles with dangerous objects
c. pay for shopping
d. pack shopping and go home.

rinse and repeat weekly or monthly