fuel925 Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 Lets say you are shopping in the supermarket and a can of beans falls off the shelf and hits you on the head. You go to casualty and recieve stitches. The normal thing now would be to sue the supermarket to recieve compensation for your injuries. Do you believe this is right? Ok I can understand if an injury causes you to lose money, for instance being unable to work for a period of time, so then the compensation is like the money you would have earned, but do you think it is right for people to recieve compensation when they have lost no money as a result of the accident? If not, what do you think the injured person should recieve, if anything at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted June 26, 2004 MVC Share Posted June 26, 2004 Why did the can of beans fall off the shelf? Did the person not put it back correctly - and then bent down, and really caused their own injury. Was the customers kids playing and bumped the shelf - causing the can to fall? Was the shelf faulty - and it just broke? Did the stockboy place the can on the shelf wrong? If the fault is no way the stores - ie customers own carelessness, etc.. then store owes the customer nothing. Except to help them in getting aid, etc.. If some fault due to the stores placing the cans, or faulting shelving - or other customer not putting the can back correctly - and the store did not catch it. Then yes the person that was injured should be compensated in some way. I would hope the store would pay for any cost of medical treatment, etc.. If not able to work for day or so due to medical issues - then yes store should make this up to the customer. At a min pay for the medical expenses, and give some type of "We're Sorry" type payment. Possible gift certificate for $100 free food, pay for the food they were shopping for at the time, etc.. But it sure ain't no reason to sue - etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt74441 Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 Lets say you are shopping in the supermarket and a can of beans falls off the shelf and hits you on the head. You go to casualty and recieve stitches. The normal thing now would be to sue the supermarket to recieve compensation for your injuries.Do you believe this is right? Ok I can understand if an injury causes you to lose money, for instance being unable to work for a period of time, so then the compensation is like the money you would have earned, but do you think it is right for people to recieve compensation when they have lost no money as a result of the accident? If not, what do you think the injured person should recieve, if anything at all? A year ago I had to get a few stitches and a tetanus shot because I cut my arm on a metal shelf at Zellers. The store manager apologized to me, and that was everything I needed out of it. I don't believe that the solution to everything is to sue someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruciz Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 Compensation I think should do what its meant to do.. be "the act of compensating or the state of being compensated. Something, such as money, given or received as payment or reparation, as for a service or loss. thats what dictionary.com defines it as. My father recieves checks for hearing loss due to a job-related incident. he is expected to be fully deaf by the age of 60. That should be covered under compensation. If someone gets physically hurt yes, but it depends on the type of injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel925 Posted June 26, 2004 Author Share Posted June 26, 2004 Lets assume it was the stores fault, i.e. a dodgy shelf, or whatever. I agree that the store should pay medical bills, but should the compensation stop there? or is a "we're sorry" pay-off necessary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soviet Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 Dont expect to get rich off it... did you just walk out and to the doctor? personally should have went to the manager first and told him what happened. Probably would have gotten a sorry and your cart of food or whatever is on us..blah blah blah. But doubt you getting anything more. 1. It's not really a huge ass legal deal 2. They have better lawyers than you we're sorry" pay-off necessary? Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt74441 Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 Lets assume it was the stores fault, i.e. a dodgy shelf, or whatever. I agree that the store should pay medical bills, but should the compensation stop there? or is a "we're sorry" pay-off necessary? Well healthcare is a little different here in Canada. When I went to the Hospital to get treated, I didn't pay anything. And for the "We're sorry" payoff, that was more than sufficient. It was also entirely my fault because I walked into the shelf, which was later fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel925 Posted June 26, 2004 Author Share Posted June 26, 2004 Dont expect to get rich off it... did you just walk out and to the doctor? personally should have went to the manager first and told him what happened. Probably would have gotten a sorry and your cart of food or whatever is on us..blah blah blah. But doubt you getting anything more.1. It's not really a huge ass legal deal 2. They have better lawyers than you we're sorry" pay-off necessary? Nope. This never happened to me, it was just a hypothetical situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soviet Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 Granted.. but i phrased it as if it did happen. Wouldnt get much unless you have a really good hotshot lawyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Pimp Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 Depends on the sort of person you are, in this modern world you can sue anyone for just about anything we might consider a wrong doing (within reason). Which is sad really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[jon] Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 this reminds of the story about the man with a mobile home who went away from the wheel and left it on cruise control to go and make a cup of tea... when it crashed (unsurprisingly) he sued the company for not putting it in their manual that you shouldnt leave the wheel during motion.... he won too.... :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagosilva29 Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 ,Jun 26 2004, 22:50] this reminds of the story about the man with a mobile home who went away from the wheel and left it on cruise control to go and make a cup of tea... when it crashed (unsurprisingly) he sued the company for not putting it in their manual that you shouldnt leave the wheel during motion.... he won too.... :laugh: :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dablitz Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 ,Jun 26 2004, 21:50] this reminds of the story about the man with a mobile home who went away from the wheel and left it on cruise control to go and make a cup of tea... when it crashed (unsurprisingly) he sued the company for not putting it in their manual that you shouldnt leave the wheel during motion.... he won too.... :laugh: funny very funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[jon] Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 in my opinion, if you need to sue, then sue - if not - get over it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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