Think you lot are being very unfair on this poor lad who never expected he would fall through a skylight after repeatedly jumping up and down on it.
Obviously the school has been negligent by not preventing this happening.
Perhaps not quite as negligent as the child or parent but kids will get into scrapes at times.
Dont forget this young chap will have to wear a silly red hat for the forseable, especially when near the media.
His parent has also lost the ability to utter the immortal expression of “if your mates said jump off a cliff would you”, as he no doubt would, I bet his mum would push him if there was compo on offer.
Peer pressure, nature, nurture etc… Main thing is the lad has learnt a very important lesson… I.e. Deliberately injure yourself and theres a cash payout opportunity, as society is too PC for its own good at times.
sweeper1gg:
bring back national service and give these kids some discipline
Thing is though that these kids swagger about like hard men but I think we all know that put them in a REAL fighting situation and they would fold like a cheap picnic table.
Dipper_Dave:
I bet his mum would push him if there was compo on offer.
Lol
Dipper_Dave:
Oh just noticed its in Stoke… typical…
Oh good,the Stoke debate is going to start up again…
Juddian:
Welcome to the lunatic asylum that used to be known as Great Britain.
bring back national service and give these kids some discipline
People say that every time and personally it’s one that scares me, the one thing we can say about this country’s armed forces is every member of it actually wants to be there and is doing it by choice. By sending people who are forced to go, your going to loose the reliability that we have in our armed forces. Adding to that the fact your going to be teaching these lowlifes how to use a gun…
Gembo:
Here’s one for ya!
Few months ago, my boy ran into the back of another car in his! Now we all know that he’s to blame because he ran up the back of someone but…
At the time, the ole bill said he wasn’t entirely to blame because of insufficient signage by the highways department (temp lights, blind corner, down hill, wet etc)
Very little damage done to both cars, the guy he ran up the arse of had one end of his bumper popped off!
Fast forward 4 months and a visit from my inlaws insurance company broker to talk about renewing a fleet policy.
Turns out said driver is putting in a claim for bloody whiplash FFS!!
Apparently people can still go for upto 16K for whiplash!
Personally I thought they put a stop to all these BS whiplash claims?
And we wonder why insurance keeps going up.
Gembo,
I can fully sympathise with you on this,
When I wear my other hat - I have an Insurance brokers,
I am constantly battling with Insurers to deal with Claims properly,
Like last year when a client of ours cam to us to report a minor bump,
Classic, going down the slip road, following another car, looking over his shoulder to make sure all was clear,
looked back to the front, car in front had stopped,
stamped on his brakes & almost stopped in time, just touched the other car,
No damage - not a mark on either car - other driver said “Yes I’m fine - don’t worry about it”
3 months later, claim in from “No Win Fee” sharks for 4 x personal injury/whiplash claims,
There was only 1 person in the car - Guess what - Insurance Company muppets paid out - cos they said it was cheaper than fighting it !!!
And we wonder why are in such a state in this once Great Britain !!
had a very similar situation number of years ago in brum hit an asian womans audi very gently no visible damage etc she refused to swop details would only give a mobile number to ring felt a bit fishy so took loads of pics with my phone cam just incase reported all facts etcd on return to depot and didnt here anything for six months when got a phone call from insurance could they come have a chat !. turns out she is now claiming for four passengers and a written off car ?! midway through going over my statement with loss adjuster casualy mentioned the pics showed him them on my pc guy was like he just won the lottery took copies and was realy chuffed . subsequently claim rejected and police involved in fraud case .
sweeper1gg:
bring back national service and give these kids some discipline
Thing is though that these kids swagger about like hard men but I think we all know that put them in a REAL fighting situation and they would fold like a cheap picnic table.
Dipper_Dave:
I bet his mum would push him if there was compo on offer.
Lol
Dipper_Dave:
Oh just noticed its in Stoke… typical…
Oh good,the Stoke debate is going to start up again…
Winseer:
How does one prove a bogus claim in court? What arguments do these shyster lawyers make on behalf of the fraudsters erm. I mean ‘claimants’?
I think in most cases it doesn’t ever reach court, insurers going for the cheaper softer (except it isn’t in the long run because it only encourages the swine) option of offering them a lower payout to bugger off.
Always boiled my ■■■■ this, but i think it’s starting to change now and not a moment too soon, it would only take a few high profile cases of insurers winning against fraudulent claimants, then pursuing the claimant and the no win no fee parasite who brought the case for hundreds of thousands of pounds legal costs and they’d be thinking twice.
The thing is that the insurance companies dont lose ,they simply put up the prices for every one else to pay.If you let one of those no win no fee gits “manage” your claim "on your behalf"you have to take out guess what INSURANCE .In the unlikely event of the motor insurer saying we are having our day in court then the no win guy is still covered and can not lose out.
Winseer:
How does one prove a bogus claim in court? What arguments do these shyster lawyers make on behalf of the fraudsters erm. I mean ‘claimants’?
I think in most cases it doesn’t ever reach court, insurers going for the cheaper softer (except it isn’t in the long run because it only encourages the swine) option of offering them a lower payout to bugger off.
Always boiled my ■■■■ this, but i think it’s starting to change now and not a moment too soon, it would only take a few high profile cases of insurers winning against fraudulent claimants, then pursuing the claimant and the no win no fee parasite who brought the case for hundreds of thousands of pounds legal costs and they’d be thinking twice.
Meanwhile, there’s me trying to get something out of the idiot who rear-ended me, got the guilty verdict from the court - and they’ve not even got around to offering me an insult yet!
Do I have to take a lawyer to court just to get them to pay what should be an automatic payout? Grragghh!
If I raffle a gold bar for £1 a ticket, then when the winning ticket is picked - I tell them I’ve got no gold bar, so here’s ya nicker back pal…
In court, he gets awarded £1 and costs… There is no way it seems of enforcing someone to pay out - when the money doesn’t exist.
BUT…
When it’s a multibillion pound business, and they’d rather spend six figures on their legal teams defending a duff case (their guy already found guilty) rather than just cough up a small amount like they do to whiplash bogus claims…
I just don’t get how the legal thing works. Pay off the bluffs, hold firm against the bang-to-rights cases… Unngghhh!
