Surely they are to blame??? housing assoc.?

Question:

i was entering my apartment block emas last year,when i fell on stairwell and badly hurt my leg and back i sought medical treatment.It turned out to be that the weekly cleaner had been and brushed and washed the hall way and stairs.Although there was no signs up to warn of wet /slippery surfaces.I was layed up over xmas,then went to see solititor,and he has took case on,but only last week the other side are saying that i have got the date wrong by one day,even though their cleaneer has signed a statement to say they put no signs up surely the are still to blame.Due to Health and Safty?

Answers:
i had something the same happen to me.i was carrying my then 4 month old baby coming in the the front door of a council rented house it was a up stairs house. and at the time we were fitting new carpets so it was bare floor boards at the bottom there was a small footwell.i fell through a floor board just a small one and the weight of me and the baby really got my leg stuck in there up to the thigh.fear and shock made me get out quick my baby was fine thank god for carrier.but within minutes my leg had masses of dark bruising and hurt i toke painkillers and phoned husband to come home.he told me to go to hospital there and then but i suffered the pain then when there was lumps and the top side of my thigh went really dark i did go but it was a few days after the hospital staff was shocked and give me stronger painkillers told me to wait then go to doctors .my dad told me to go to a lawyer because the bit i fell through was really rotten and a hid en trap door .i got a lawyer but she wasn't much good so now have a new one that was 15 months ago now.it took council ages to repair the hole in floor and i had my days mixed up after having the baby.but my new lawyer says i have a good case because i took photos at the time and i still have small pea sized lumps under the skin where i hurt myself.so good luck with the case and sue the b*****D's.

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well is the date wrong or not? if you aren't reporting the correct day, you'll look like you are trying to blame them for something that was just an accident. If it was really wet and that is why you fell, then it is their fault.

Yup.sure sounds to me like they ARE to blame! ;)
GOOD LUCK!

I presume you have a medical report from your GP or the hospital that you went to after your accident, have you? What date does THAT say on it?

I'm no solicitor but I know in some cases it's possible for someone to get off on a technicality - for example if you're given a ticket for a motoring offence and they put two letters or numbers of your registration number back to front or use a different one (a D for a 0 for example) then you can get that ticket nullified because it's not your car. However in this case you obviously had an accident and you have your medical report and a signed statement from the cleaner saying they had put no signs up. You might be lucky and be ok. Your solicitor would have told you if by being a day out you have screwed your case or not. My guess is not. However do you also have any witnesses to your accident? Those would obviously help your case a great deal otherwise how do you prove that your fall was where you claim it was? They could say that you slipped in the street or anywhere and how do you prove it was on their staircase? I'd say, once again, that cleaner's statement is crucial and can NOT be negated whether or not your date is a day out or not.

Finally yes, making the stairs/corridor wet from cleaning with no warning signs WOULD be negligent under health and safety as your appartment block is a public place until you enter your front door.

Anyway good luck and hope it all works out for you in court. In any legal situation, your solicitor is the best person to offer you legal advice but if you wanted a second opinion you could always ask another solicitor (although it's unlikely they would if you are already being represented) or your local advice centre might be able to offer you some advice.

Doesn't matter. This appears to be a bluff. Don't back down and continue to follow your legal advice. This has definitely been an open liability issue where you have suffered an injury and have every right for compensation. You are now seeing how difficult the other side plays and proves more why we need legal representation.

That seems typical you stick it out if the cleaner signed a statement then I would think you have a good case if you have proof and photo's fight hem and you should get something also ask to have a copy of health and safety that they have for cleaners good luck

They're just bluffing or being stupid. It may be that the cleaner always comes on one day, but that week she was too busy so came another day but didn't tell anyone.

Cases like these go and on with the other eide messing about. The usual get out they use is 'we have no record of this' over and over again.

Keep going and stick to your guns.

Surely they are to blame??? housing assoc.?

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