Crate fell on my daughter in Morrisons

IvanOpinion

pulliptears said:

sparrow857 said:

I do think some of these replies are unfair. As a mum myself, I know how emotional you get when something happens to your child and it can cloud your judgement at times. 

However, sometimes there is nobody to blame. It’s an accident and your child will be OK. Don’t waste all your energy chasing a £20 voucher or whatever as that’s all you’re going to get if you push it hard enough. They’ll never admit liability and I can’t see what you need to be compensated for. Enjoy the Easter holidays with your little one - there’s plenty you can do that doesn’t involve jumping around. 

When my son was around 4 he slipped in the entrance to Sainsburys.  It was raining heavily and the floor was extremely wet.  He landed with quite a thump and a cry.
The lady from the cigarette kiosk by the entrance came rushing over, took him over to the magazines and told him to choose one along with a bag of sweets.  Son soon cheered up and the lady then wrote it all down in the accident book whilst he ate his sweets.  Meanwhile staff had brought mats over to the entrance to ensure the same couldn't happen again.

This was over 20 years ago and I still remember it because she dealt with it absolutely correctly.  Son was happy and there was no lasting damage.  
Accidents happen.  

Sheesh, in my day if you slipped or tripped over something your parents gave you a cuff around the ear and told you to pick your feet up.  

dinglebert

Sheesh, in my day if you slipped or tripped over something your parents gave you a cuff around the ear and told you to pick your feet up.  

Have you evere tried to pick your feet up?  I fall over every time.  Stupid idea.

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welshmoneylover said:

This is a wind up right? No parent in their right mind would cause a fuss over this and no winder the NHS is over stretched when kids are taken to a&e with a bruise

To be fair you can't always tell how serious an injury is with a young child. Last year, during lockdown, our daughter (aged 9) fell off her bike and it was three days before we took her to paediatric A&E as she said her wrist was still a bit sore and it hurt when she bent it back. She had broken it and required an operation to manipulate the bones back into position several days later. Both the other children in A&E at the same time as us, with similar levels of pain, were found to only have sprains after being X-rayed but it was completely reasonable that their parents took them to be checked as they could also have have had broken bones.

User_101122

You’re clearly owed thousands in compensation for this life changing incident.
 
You should instruct a no win no fee lawyer immediately, by the time they have taken their “fee” you should have enough to buy your daughter a bag of milky buttons.

On a serious note maybe a call to head office expressing dissatisfaction at the way the store handled it, they might (if you’re lucky) give you a £20 voucher to get rid of you.

IvanOpinion

dinglebert said:

Sheesh, in my day if you slipped or tripped over something your parents gave you a cuff around the ear and told you to pick your feet up.  

Have you evere tried to pick your feet up?  I fall over every time.  Stupid idea.

Like the man who was explaining to a surgeon that he had got both his hands chopped off in a terrible industrial accident. 
The surgeon said 'Why didn't you bring them to me, I could have reattached them'. 
The guy said 'I couldn't pick them up'.

greyteam1959

😁😁😁😁,...........

IvanOpinion

Did we ever find out how much compensation the OP paid their daughter for accidentally hurting them?
My eldest tripped over a paving slab in our garden and I was just wondering what the going rate is, since I was able to treat his bruising myself I am hoping that not needing to use NHS time means it won't cost me as much.

liggerz87

@IvanOpinion make that 1pence lol