Postwoman trips and falls while delivering post - claim?

[Siliconslave]

not sure that article is all that helpful in this case - the discussion to sue to RM was more to do with 'issues in the sorting office' and a lack of updated walking route note.

also sounds like the dog owner did get in trouble

According to a local newspaper report the dog's owner pleaded guilty to being the owner of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury in May 2016 at Barkingside Magistrates Court.
The owner was reportedly ordered to pay fines, compensation and costs totalling £8,793 from which Ms Offord received a compensation order for £2,764.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

not sure that article is all that helpful in this case - the discussion to sue to RM was more to do with 'issues in the sorting office' and a lack of updated walking route note.

also sounds like the dog owner did get in trouble

OK, thanks for that, I will remove it from my post, I hate false posts and didn't do my homework.

 

[koooowweeee]

Counter claim for damaging your step with her face

 

[Maximum Triceratops]

What you saw was all normal for this company and part of the process, get to the scene immediately and go through the accident, if the Postwoman was deemed to be not at fault due to the hazard being dangerous she can make a claim from the Company, if she is found to be at fault for not paying attention then she could get into trouble. This will not impact your parents in any way.

 

[Joeyuk]

As a postman I say don’t worry about it. It’s all part of Royal Mail’s accident reporting, it doesn’t sound dangerous just the postwoman not looking where they where going (happens a lot).

If anything the postwoman will get in trouble depending on their manager as the cctv will probably show that they were looking at the mail in the hands rather then where they were going.

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

Wasn't one of those head down texting on mobile while walking accidents was it?
She will get her butt kicked then I
Imagine

 

[jpaul]

... assuming it wasn't wet on the steps ? if it is like my ex-decking this became treachorous with some rain water and the algae that seemed to grow on it,
if in winter your steps became iced, t'wouldn't be the posties fault.

 

[azibux1]

I'd bring a counter claim, she's obviously too unstable to deliver your mail How many times has mail been delivered without an accident?

Hahaha - 10 years worth of deliveries (lots lol) without any issues

As has been said it's probably for RM's internal injury book rather than anything else, as IIRC like all companies RM have to keep a record of injuries sustained on the job, but they also keep a record of "dangerous" addresses*, my guess is that the photo is to show the condition of the path for their injury book and to help decide if the path is dangerous.

Personally I doubt very much anything will come of it that you'll hear of unless the path is dangerous, which it doesn't sound like is the case given it sounds like it's in good condition just not quite what you expect (like a lot of front paths in gardens that have been landscaped/resurfaced etc).

If anything does come of it, which is very unlikely most home insurance policies have liability cover for just this sort of even, IIRC up to a couple of million is standard.


*Those where there is say a dog that's considered a threat, or paving that is unduly slippery in wet/icy conditions.

Pretty cool! Didn't know they had such a list

Why would you, in any shape or form, 'be helpful' to the people who are potentially going to take your parents for a ride?

At the time that aspect didn't cross my mind and just thought I was being helpful and allowing them to better document the injury for whatever need they have, only thought of it afterwards... doh!

It would be useful to see the steps and where they tripped.

In the meantime, prepare your letterbox for lots of poo.

Ha, will try grab a pic

Not sure whether its just me, but, seems bad form to come onto private property and start taking pictures/video without asking for permission first and explaining what the situation is, I don't think many people would have a problem with photos for an incident report, but most would like to know whats going on, and in the event they are refused, then the incident report would have to be limited to written statements of what occurred.

To be honest I stuck my head out of the window and he said something along the lines of "oh we're just here about the fall or whatever, do you mind if we take some pics?" - but I'm fairly sure at that point he'd already taken some lol

How many packages have been delivered via this walkway without incident and has anything changed recently that would make someone unable to safely traverse this path as they presumably were able to do so in the past?

I mean, if 100 people can walk a path without issue and I can't, I don't know that I could blame the path.

100s of parcels

I don't think the path can be blamed either

Not sure I would have just given the CCTV footage when there is the possibility of being sued even how crazy it sounds.

See above haha

Actually.....
Can you upload the CCTV trip here?
Me being a sadistic a hole I would probably find it funny.

Thx .

Hahahaha

There's CCTV of this incident yet no video posted.

I demand to be amused by someone falling over in video format !

:O

(First bit removed as pointed out by Siliconslave)

I also know at least 4 people who became posties when Creda closed down so sent a message to one of them asking "If you delivered to a house that you've been 100 times but on this occasion kicked something that has always been there, fell over and broke your arm, would you be able to claim off the homeowners?". The answer is "No".
You won't be getting sued.

Ha cheers!

Counter claim for damaging your step with her face

Now there's an idea should a claim come through haha

 

[Showboat]

I had a person slip when viewing a house and twist their ankle, had to get an ambulance to take them away.
They put a claim in almost 7 years later. Estate agents solicitors laughed at the claim, my insurance laughed at the claim.. they ended up settling for £7,500. Madness.

 

[azibux1]

I had a person slip when viewing a house and twist their ankle, had to get an ambulance to take them away.
They put a claim in almost 7 years later. Estate agents solicitors laughed at the claim, my insurance laughed at the claim.. they ended up settling for £7,500. Madness.

7 years?! HAHAHAHA that's mental

 

[Semple]

I had a person slip when viewing a house and twist their ankle, had to get an ambulance to take them away.
They put a claim in almost 7 years later. Estate agents solicitors laughed at the claim, my insurance laughed at the claim.. they ended up settling for £7,500. Madness.

That does seem a bit dubious. Isn't the statute of limitations for personal injury only 3 years...

 

[SexyGreyFox]

That does seem a bit dubious. Isn't the statute of limitations for personal injury only 3 years...

I didn't want to say anything but yes.
We get this a lot in the Legal Department at the hospital however it also depends on the date of knowledge, so if a recent Xray has discovered this injury has caused untold damage then date of knowledge comes into play.
eg Something left in the body in 2002 but an Xray found it last year and that patient has been suffering for 18 years.

 

[£15]

A little while later she came back with peas/ice on her wrist and a gentleman presumably from the company / some kind of union taking photographs and videos re-enacting what they think happened / where she fell.

I hope they knocked first and asked permission to do this! That would really annoy me. She'll be going off work for 6 months and filing a claim with her employer.

I help my son deliver his papers at the weekend and go to some very old, large & expensive properties along the sea-front. The number of times I've slipped on paths and steps due to them being so slippery & slimy when it's been raining is ridiculous. They just need a good scrub. Come very close to putting my back out. I've considered knocking to express my concern, not for me, but my son, but I doubt they'd do anything other than complain about me to the newsagent.

 

[azibux1]

I hope they knocked first and asked permission to do this! That would really annoy me. She'll be going off work for 6 months and filing a claim with her employer.

I help my son deliver his papers at the weekend and go to some very old, large & expensive properties along the sea-front. The number of times I've slipped on paths and steps due to them being so slippery & slimy when it's been raining is ridiculous. They just need a good scrub. Come very close to putting my back out. I've considered knocking to express my concern, not for me, but my son, but I doubt they'd do anything other than complain about me to the newsagent.

I do wonder / doubt they would have asked had I not called out from the window. I reckon he'd already taken some pics by that point despite asking when I called from the window. Polite thing to do would have been to ring the bell regardless as soon as they arrived.

 

[azibux1]

Update! Saw her in the street again yesterday lol

No cast or anything so must be nothing broken I guess