£70k paid out over school mishaps (From York Press)

My son came home from school yesterday with a huge graze on his knee, he freely admitted that he was running around and shouting "look how fast I am" before trying to turn a corner to fast, and coming a right cropper.

I would have to put the company on speed dial to keep up with all the claims I could potentially make.

Seriously though, the flood gates are open now when it comes to people wanting money for falling over their own feet, and it will be next to impossible to close them again.

People need to realise that compensation comes out of everybodys pockets. claim now, pay later.

I had all sorts of sporting injuries at school. One friend ran through a glass window, another put his head through one. No-one even thought about claiming! It's ridiculous that most of these claims are allowed!

NoNewsIsGoodNews wrote:
My son came home from school yesterday with a huge graze on his knee, he freely admitted that he was running around and shouting "look how fast I am" before trying to turn a corner to fast, and coming a right cropper.

I would have to put the company on speed dial to keep up with all the claims I could potentially make.

Seriously though, the flood gates are open now when it comes to people wanting money for falling over their own feet, and it will be next to impossible to close them again.

People need to realise that compensation comes out of everybodys pockets. claim now, pay later.

Spot on. Our highly-letigious culture is a breeding ground for nefarious solicitors and their filthy cash sucking methods. Not as bad as the Americans yet mind.

I was at secondary school in the early 80s - Jo Ro - and people were always breaking arms or legs. This usually involved kids being incredibly stupid, seeing how high they could jump from things or playing football on ice in the prison yard. The difference nowadays? There was no choice or rights culture then.

When I was at school we had great fun making ice slides in the playground, now if a child slips on ice the parents may well sue the school.

"According to figures obtained by The Press using the Freedom of Information Act, 33 claims were made against City of York Council schools by pupils, parents and staff who had injured themselves over the past four years. The nature of the injuries included strains, sprains, broken and chipped bones and cuts and bruises."

I wonder how many of the 33 also claim benefits ?

Ichabod76 wrote:
"According to figures obtained by The Press using the Freedom of Information Act, 33 claims were made against City of York Council schools by pupils, parents and staff who had injured themselves over the past four years. The nature of the injuries included strains, sprains, broken and chipped bones and cuts and bruises."

I wonder how many of the 33 also claim benefits ?

Yes. And also of foreign dissent I shouldn't wonder. Workshy foreigners the lot of 'em. Bring back the workhouses so the little blighter's workshy parents can sew our sheets.

That'll stop them contacting Solicitors and going through the process of filing and winning a compensation lawsuit to get an average £2333 and becoming almost uninsurable forever instead of getting a proper job - like what I got. That'll learn em.

For anyone who doesn't know me personally - I don't mean that, I mean the opposite of that.

This makes me so angry - whatever happened to the meaning of the word 'accident'
This where theres a blame theres a claim mentality should stop.

Have you ever thought that some of these accidents are because work places do not take care over there employees and some do not always follow health and safety policies. the policies are put in place to protect there employees. If a solicitor thought there was no case then they would not take it . I say good luck to anyone who wins a compensation case due to an accident in the work place.

dsom73 wrote:

Ichabod76 wrote:
"According to figures obtained by The Press using the Freedom of Information Act, 33 claims were made against City of York Council schools by pupils, parents and staff who had injured themselves over the past four years. The nature of the injuries included strains, sprains, broken and chipped bones and cuts and bruises."

I wonder how many of the 33 also claim benefits ?

Yes. And also of foreign dissent I shouldn't wonder. Workshy foreigners the lot of 'em. Bring back the workhouses so the little blighter's workshy parents can sew our sheets.

That'll stop them contacting Solicitors and going through the process of filing and winning a compensation lawsuit to get an average £2333 and becoming almost uninsurable forever instead of getting a proper job - like what I got. That'll learn em.

I don't know you personally so please explain what you do mean ?

P.S I am of foreign DESCENT

4 of the 8 people I interviewed last week for a new position in my company said that they were only there to fulfil their obligation for JSA
so why wouldn't they try to get some free cash from the school or council ?

directdebbie - obviously there are genuine cases but an accident is usually just that - we should be responsible for our own actions and this current mentality is just raising a population of people who refuse to take responsibility for themselves which will result in those people being unable to take care of themselves and just blame someone else.

We used to make parachutes out of hankies, fill them with soil, lob them skywards then watch them float to earth.That got banned. Fortunately we were still allowed to play conkers.

directdebbie wrote:
Have you ever thought that some of these accidents are because work places do not take care over there employees and some do not always follow health and safety policies. the policies are put in place to protect there employees. If a solicitor thought there was no case then they would not take it . I say good luck to anyone who wins a compensation case due to an accident in the work place.

Please explain how a school can flout health and safety rules to such an extent that they are putting staff at risk, what is dangerous in a school for its employees?

Could it be exploding chalk?

Or that there is snow on the ground and the evil head master made staff come in when they wanted to stay in bed, subsequently putting the teachers lives at risk by having to get up in a morning?

Maybe the janitor has not got enough sawdust for the day to cover any piles of vomit he comes across, leaving the school in fear of contracting Norovirus.

Ever thought it's the lawyers who feed this "where there's a blame" culture the one I used after been badly injured in a RTA charged £199 + vat an hour, her charges came to more than my loss of 6 weeks earnings, a nice little earner for her? a lot of pain for me.

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That is foreign dissent.

directdebbie wrote:
Have you ever thought that some of these accidents are because work places do not take care over there employees and some do not always follow health and safety policies. the policies are put in place to protect there employees. If a solicitor thought there was no case then they would not take it . I say good luck to anyone who wins a compensation case due to an accident in the work place.

Sounds like the words of a scrounger out to fleece everyone else for whatever they can con them out of. How's the whiplash love.

directdebbie wrote:
Have you ever thought that some of these accidents are because work places do not take care over there employees and some do not always follow health and safety policies. the policies are put in place to protect there employees. If a solicitor thought there was no case then they would not take it . I say good luck to anyone who wins a compensation case due to an accident in the work place.

I've known an incident where the injured member of staff had been instructed NOT to do something, they did it, got injured, sued and won!!!!!

I also know of an incident where a welder lost site of an eye in a welding incident sued and won, then claimed he was being victimised when he was later pulled up by management for not using the correct eye protection.

So if the person has gone against instructions or been a complete plonker like the eye injured person second time around, I would say they should not get compensation.

NoNewsIsGoodNews wrote:
My son came home from school yesterday with a huge graze on his knee, he freely admitted that he was running around and shouting "look how fast I am" before trying to turn a corner to fast, and coming a right cropper.

I would have to put the company on speed dial to keep up with all the claims I could potentially make.

Seriously though, the flood gates are open now when it comes to people wanting money for falling over their own feet, and it will be next to impossible to close them again.

People need to realise that compensation comes out of everybodys pockets. claim now, pay later.

Exactly, and it's all part of a modern society where nobody wants to accept responsibility for their own actions.

Ichabod76 wrote:
"According to figures obtained by The Press using the Freedom of Information Act, 33 claims were made against City of York Council schools by pupils, parents and staff who had injured themselves over the past four years. The nature of the injuries included strains, sprains, broken and chipped bones and cuts and bruises." I wonder how many of the 33 also claim benefits ?

What does being on benefits got to do with this story? Is it just idle curiosity or are you one of those who takes a poke at people on benefits. Explain yourself please

Exploding chalk!!! Dear me another person completely behind the times when was the last time you stepped in a school?

yorkiemum wrote:
Exploding chalk!!! Dear me another person completely behind the times when was the last time you stepped in a school?

Dear me another person that doesn't understand sarcasm. When was the last time you heard a joke?