Tesco Car Park Accident & Hospital Visit

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diystarter7 said:

A few years back I fell crossing a side road with a speed hump. I was lucking and just had grazed hands and knew along with a hole in my jeans (35 pounds worth) and a hole in my pride. When I told people, they asked if I was ok etc and then laughed and most stated, you need to watch where you are going.

That used to be the case, but it’s always someone else’s fault nowadays

Andy_L

MalMonroe said:

Hi, according to Citizens Advice (and others if you do a quick google search) the time limit for claiming compensation for personal injury is actually three years, not two. See info in the link below -

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/law-and-courts/personal-injuries/

But I think you will have to find out who owns the car park, your council will know. Most of the supermarket car parks where I live have notices up saying that they take no responsibility for anything that happens in their car parks. A few years ago I was mugged in a Tesco car park - nobody cared. But often such signs are meaningless if it is proven that the owner of the land has been negligent.

It seems to me that if there was no pavement that you could safely use because it was blocked AND essential lights were not working, your accident happened because of the negligence of whoever owns the car park. Yes, you probably could have said 'excuse me' but I think most people would have attempted to do as you did, and tried to step around the people who were chatting. Had the lights been operational, there probably wouldn't have been an accident.

You could contact a solicitor who deals with personal injury and ask if they offer free initial appointments so you can judge whether or not it's worth your while bringing a case against the owner of the land/lighting.

You have medical proof of the accident, the manager made a report (which is good because even though the accident didn't happen in the store and although he said it wasn't the store's responsibility, he recorded it - which contradicts his statement. If it wasn't the store's responsibility, why record it?) Not only that, he repeated that you could 'take this further'.  

It wouldn't hurt to make some enquiries. I claimed compensation from the council here when I toppled over on some uneven council land and broke my ankle. It took a while but I was awarded £3k for the pain (there was a lot!) and inconvenience and loss of wages. I had to have three months off work because there were complications. Most people told me I was daft (yep, maybe) and said I had no chance, the council wouldn't pay anything - and I was happy to prove them wrong. It's always worth a try.

To cover themselves if someone comes along in a few months saying they were injured & it was Tesco's fault?
Because he administered 1st aid & its a policy/legal requirement to record it in the accident book?