Personal Injury advice

Wickerman1

While shopping in a Dublin shopping centre, my 2yr old son caught his leg in an escalator and fractured a bone in his foot. (Now in plaster).

Can I claim for medical expenses against this centre?
He was not running wild or anything, just standing beside me and holding my hand.

I just picked up the screaming child and left the premises and went straight to a doctor. I did not get the names of any witenesses in the panic!

Should I talk to a solictor as soon as possible?

Victor

Definitely seek advice, but I imagine an escalator has warnings about children needing close supervision, etc.

passive

If there was something wrong with the escalator then you'd of course be fully entitled to compensation and should go about seeking camera footage/witnesses. But if your child put his foot in the area covered by bristles/yellow line that says "don't put your foot here" or whatever, then you should have been watching him, as well as holding his hand, and, whether or not you might get compensation if you go to a solicitor, you shouldn't be seeking it.

BostonB

How can you prove it happened there?

dats_right

My first bit of advice is to not listen to the well-meaning but unqualified posters on this site, you should immediately contact and make an appointment to see a solicitor who practises in Personal Injuries law. They will be able to advise you fully on all aspects of liability and whether the matter is worth pursuing (my instinct tells me that it probably is). A solicitor will not usually charge for this initial consultation and will almost never charge you up-front for bringing such a case.