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Spreeny | 07:43 Fri 21st Aug 2015 | Law
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3 days ago I visited my local Wetherspoons & the chair I sat on collapsed - one of the legs broke , leaving me in a crumpled heap on the floor!, embarrassing or what!!
When I got home I found the top I'd been wearing was torn & my arm & hip were painful (on the side I'd landed)
Should I take this further as some people are suggesting or will I just be wasting my time as it's such a large company? Tia
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Write to head office and ask for reimbursing for your top. I wouldn't try and sue for being a little bit sore. Unless you're really badly bruised they'd just laugh at you.
She would have to prove it happened in their shop first Ummmm.
And she'd also need to go to the doctors or casualty.
Don't jump on the compo bandwagon, be better than that.
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Yes I was with a friend & she's agreed to writ a statement as to what happened.
I'm a 65r old woman who doesn't 'act the goat' - I leant to one side to pick up my handbag when the chair leg broke & in case your next question was going to be am I overweight? ... I'm not!
The management filled in an accident report immediately & said someone would be in touch with me 'in a day or two'
The chair disappeared before I thought to take a photo of it
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By the way,I have taken photos of my bruised hip and arm....
Widow of 5 years, lives alone, suffers with a bad chest and needs inhalers and due to the negligence of Wetherspoons, has difficulty in moving arm and legs. Has to get help in the home and only on a pension and can't work ( if you still work). I would take this further.
Our posts have crossed.
Yes As Sqad Spreeny, I would take this Further, they have a duty of care to check their furniture, & as the 19.22 post states, you are not jumping on the wagon, but this could have been far if you had Broken your Hip / Arm, your weight has nothing to do with it, it's their negligence.
To add, As & get a photo copy of the Report.
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Blimey Sqad, how do you know about my personal history ( being a widow & having to use inhalers!) ...spooky!!
LOL...before answering questions, particularly on health, I always check on past posts.
an injury lawyer is in my opinion a bit "sledghammer to crack a nut" lawyers are expensive and "no win no fee" ones have their own problems (for example they will usually only take a case on if you have had to spend time in hospital, and if you do win take a very large portion)
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Thank you all ..
wow sorry hope your ok
just contact weatherspoons first and explain what happened.then see what they come back with.not fair to start cases before giving them a chance
wow sorry hope your ok
Cleggie, it has already been logged at Wetherspoons, this would never have happened if the furniture when cleaned, would have been checked, they have been negligent.
I used to work for a large restaurant chain. If there was any personal injury claim it was deat with by a specialist department at the head office. In a case such as this you would be given an payment from what we called the 'shut up fund' ie enough money to keep you quiet. But as a company there is the duty of care and the furniture should be checked but how far must furniture be checked on a daily/weekly/monthly basis. Claim away but accidents do happen and tables & chairs in establishments like these take a bashing on a daily basis.

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