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Can I claim?

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    #32
    ForestFire
    Registered Users Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭ForestFire


    SwD wrote: »
    Yesterday i was at work.

    While closing up and leaving a bee stung me on my elbow.

    The physical and mental damage has left me unfit for work.

    I am in touch with a solicitor.

    Are you a Bee keeper?
    Where you provided with the correct protection equipment?
    Is there a health a safety assessment done for your work?
    :o

    If the OP want to get advice on this particular situation, that we may not know all the facts, there is no harm...Surly the solicitor will give the right legal and moral advice;)


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    #33
    davo10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,926 ✭✭✭davo10


    NeedToKnow22 wrote: »
    My boss is the company owner . Thanks for the advice . I'm meeting with a solicitor today to see where I stand

    Legless.

    No doubt you will find a solicitor who will take you on as a client.


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    #34
    xabi
    Registered Users Posts: 2,998 ✭✭✭xabi


    Doh, didn't realise this was AK47, new BMW, will I call 999 guy. Troll


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    #35
    B-D-P--
    Registered Users Posts: 1,167 ✭✭✭B-D-P--


    People look at post count before they think someone real right??


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    #36
    Wesser
    Registered Users Posts: 1,813 ✭✭✭Wesser


    OP can you not take responsibility for your own fall and accept that you drank and stumbled over your own feet? why is it someone elses fault?


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    #37
    Misguided1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 215 ✭✭Misguided1


    It is easy to see how this one will play out though.

    Solicitor will argue that the company has a vicarious liability to its employee who wouldn't have fallen over if he hadn't had a drink provided by his boss.

    Has anyone ever known a solicitor to turn down a case because someone fell over their own feet?

    The OP is out for a quick buck and will probably get it. Wonder if they will still have a job at the end of it though.....

    And people question the rising price of insurance in this country.


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    #38
    davo10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,926 ✭✭✭davo10


    Was the op required to drink alcohol I wonder?


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    #39
    SwD
    Registered Users Posts: 137 ✭✭SwD


    davo10 wrote: »
    Was the op required to drink alcohol I wonder?

    Yep. I think the employer had a gun to his head.


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    #40
    Sixtoes
    Registered Users Posts: 658 ✭✭✭Sixtoes


    Maybe the OP works as a beer taster.


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    #41
    SwD
    Registered Users Posts: 137 ✭✭SwD


    Sixtoes wrote: »
    Maybe the OP works as a beer taster.

    Wait. I do that every weekend and don't get paid!?


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    #42
    davo10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,926 ✭✭✭davo10


    The icing on this particular cake would be if the op actually worked in a pub, you don't do you op?


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    #43
    Masala
    Registered Users Posts: 3,492 ✭✭✭Masala


    NeedToKnow22 wrote: »
    I had a bad fall at work and had to have surgery. The tricky thing is that it happened after my shift but still on the premises and I had been drinking with my boss.
    Does anyone know if I am still eligible to claim ?

    Eh....what are you thinking of claiming for?? Are u out of work as a consequence??? What medical fees have you incurred??

    Jeez... the worlds gone mad..Ted!


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    #44
    Minnie Snuggles
    Registered Users Posts: 610 ✭✭✭Minnie Snuggles


    Just out of interest OP, what injuries did you suffer?


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    #45
    ct5amr2ig1nfhp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,019 ✭✭✭ct5amr2ig1nfhp


    Post-traumatic stress?
    Minnie Snuggles wrote: »
    Just out of interest OP, what injuries did you suffer?


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    #46
    BorneTobyWilde
    Registered Users Posts: 36,131 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


    Sounds to me like there is something more to it and that is reason for claim, you were drinking alone with boss. Is claim pay back for something else


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    #47
    Rezident
    Registered Users Posts: 1,795 ✭✭✭Rezident


    So you got drunk and fell over on you work premises and you want to sue them? There is literally no hope anymore, we're fu**ed.


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    #48
    Sixtoes
    Registered Users Posts: 658 ✭✭✭Sixtoes


    Minnie Snuggles wrote: »
    Just out of interest OP, what injuries did you suffer?

    Spilt his drink.


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    #49
    Cunning Stunt
    Registered Users Posts: 1,292 ✭✭✭Cunning Stunt


    Sixtoes wrote: »
    Spilt his drink.

    ..and then slipped on it..


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    #50
    dreamers75
    Registered Users Posts: 20,558 ✭✭✭✭dreamers75


    To the OP yes you are "entitled" to claim.

    There a few cases of people injuring themselves on work nights out and claiming and winning........


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    #51
    davo10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,926 ✭✭✭davo10


    dreamers75 wrote: »
    To the OP yes you are "entitled" to claim.

    There a few cases of people injuring themselves on work nights out and claiming and winning........

    Link? And did they contribute to their own injury by consuming alcohol?

    I suspect there are plenty of cases where the judge ruled that the plaintiff contributed to their injuries by consuming to much alcohol.


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