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writes:I slipped and dislocated my soulder as i was exiting a public transportation (TTC street car) the supervisor came and took notes he also told me just relax when i discharge from the hospital. i am planning on sueing them. do you think that 'ill get enough compensation. Thanks!
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reader, anonymous, writes (3 January 2010): was the public transportation system at fault in some way? Did the door close on you...was a step gone, was there something that caused your accident. If not you have no case. If so...let your conscious be your guide.and yes of course we have felt pain...
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reader, anonymous, writes (3 January 2010): This is verified as being by the original poster of the questionFirst of all i reside in Canada and i don't know why people keep talking about pounds. secondly i have to put up with this pain for a couple of weeks and thing that sucks the most that it's going to keep hapening until i get a surgery done, which means bye to my varsity team until then. i'm used to being active, do you know how much it sucks to have a limit on how you physically move? i don't think so.
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reader, anonymous, writes (3 January 2010): dont sue...that is ridiculous!!!! and yes most of us HAVE been hurt in a public facility at some time in our lives. as an EMS worker...i see these things all the time. People in my area dont sue one another. Get real. Sueing because of a dislocated shoulder? no way, mal
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reader, anonymous, writes (3 January 2010): This is verified as being by the original poster of the questionWow! first of all i was a passanger not a worker plus i don't get why most of you think i'm doing it for the money. The step was wet and i didn't know. how's it my fault? let me see how much you would be running your lips while waiting to see a doctor with the pain of a dislocated shoulder. I asked for an advice not a bunch of judgemental rants.
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reader, anonymous, writes (2 January 2010): If you have an injury that physically does cause you pain and loss of earnings then you may be entitled to compensation proportional to that of your inconvenience. However if little inconvenience has been caused and the company are paying your normal wages while you recover i would seriously discourage you from claiming, because it is selfish moneygrabbers like that which make this country no longer "Great".
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reader, Emilysanswers +, writes (2 January 2010):
Well if you can't work and the company is at fault then you'll get enough cash to cover your expenses till you can work again.
Please don't go for any of this "give me cash for the pain and suffering involved." It sounds like you tripped over your own feet anyway. Please don't turn the country I live in into America.
Good Luck!! xx
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reader, k_c100 +, writes (2 January 2010):
 People like you are what is wrong with this world!
But seriously, was the fall the fault of the public transportation company? I.e. was the floor wet (if it was raining/snowing that doesnt count as you should be prepared for the weather with sensible footwear and clothing), did you trip over a loose part of the street car etc?
Or did you just fall over and are now trying to get some money out of it?
If it was the companies fault and they were neglectful of the street car which caused you to fall over then fair enough, you have the right to sue them. If you just slipped and it was your own fault, then there is no way you should be suing them just because of your own clumsiness!
I bet you just want a few thousand pounds off them so you can go on holiday, buy a widescreen TV and a Nintendo Wii. I bet your injury will have nothing to do with the fact you are suing them - you are only doing it for the money so you can go off and enjoy yourself. If the injury is actually going to affect your job or ability to work now and in the future then yes, that is a reason to sue someone. The whole principle of compensation is to cover lost earnings for now and the future. If the reality is that it wont affect your job at all and it just means you are going to be in a bit of pain for a while then you really should do the decent thing and not sue them.
Because this whole culture of compensation for silly accidents like yours is costing the economy millions of pounds each year, and this is money that these companies cannot afford to lose. So when they are paying out compensation to selfish, work-shy people they are having to take that money from what should be going towards their operating costs - and when they dont have enough money to cover their operating costs the company goes bust or at least makes a lot of redundancies.
So if people like you keep on claiming compensation for silly accidents that were not actually anyone's fault, then you partly to blame for the current state of the economy, companies going bust, people losing their jobs, higher taxes and reduced funding available for public services like the NHS, schools and local councils. I know this sounds far fetched and you are only thinking about the personal monetary gain, but in the long run you will be worse off. If all people that had little accidents like yours where no-one was really to blame, if they didnt sue the company and just put it down as an accident and moved on, then there would be millions of pounds available to these companies to survive the recession and to help guarantee that people can keep their jobs.
I'm not sure you will take any of this on board, but I truly hope you do because this horrible blame culture and compensation for everyone mentality that has come over from America is ruining businesses over here, and is ultimately costing every tax payer in the country money that we just dont have.
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