Morrisons petrol contamination

Niknok65

Filled up with fuel that had water mixed in.Finally got them to refund for damage caused to the engine AA emergency rescue & fuel but they've offered a £50 voucher as a "goodwill gesture"  not taken into account out of pocket expenses i.e lost wages due to no car 3 days and inconvenience. Do I accept or fight?

k3lvc

A bit more context needed - how much have they actually paid out to you ? Was it an isolated incident for your car or for a batch of vehicles ? Did you minimise your losses (3 days no work due to no car could be deemed excessive)

powerful_Rogue

As above, far more detail required. Why couldn't you have got a lift/bus/train/taxi to work?

What other kind of out of pocket expences are you talking about? How much do you value all these expences at?

Murphybear

I would strongly imagine that they would not pay for consequential loss

Laz123

This was in the news a few weeks ago. The tank had contaminated waste in it and affected many cars.

https://metro.co.uk/2021/05/14/drivers-at-morrisons-left-stranded-after-being-sold-contaminated-fuel-14578485/

So they paid you for rectifying the damage and offered £50. The problem with the law when trying to sue for losses is you have to prove it. It's up to you but myself I'd accept their offer and save a lot of hassle and just get on with your life.

pinkshoes

Is there any reason you couldnt hire a car for 3 days? That would have minimized your losses.

Keep_pedalling

Under the circumstances, I would think the loss on one day’s work while you were organising and waiting for someone to come out and recover your car would be reasonable, The other 2 days you could have still worked using a hire car so claiming anything more than that would be unreasonable.