The Law Blog

Times may be hard but there are some people that make outrageous personal injury claims that seemed doomed to failure. In many ways its might be quite laughable that people will stoop to such levels to get cash. On the other, it could be seen as a sad indictment of society.

The state of affairs has sometimes been blamed on lawyers, some of which are only too happy to entertain claims that might push the boundaries of sanity. The trouble is these can cost a great deal of money. Often times, if might appear that the lawyers are the only one’s winning.

Of course, that is not to suggest every claim is bogus. There are a great many people who have been seriously injured and deserve compensation. However, there are far too many out there who are looking to exploit the system.

There was a claim involving some workers in a company who played jokes on each other, during work time. Something went wrong and a claim was made for an accident, which was caused by one of the jokers. What makes this an outrageous personal injury claim is that when the employer was told the circumstances, they were able to fire the employees for joking around when they should have been working. In this instance the claim was also dismissed, as well as the workers.

When a woman made a claim for an accident she had in a vehicle that apparently meant she was so disabled she was not physically able to walk more than a couple of paces at a time. The insurance did not believe this but paid her, it is assumed due to being unable to prove otherwise. After the settlement, they hired a surveillance person to record her. They found that she was able to drive, go shopping and walk around with no problems. She was charged with contempt of court.

Outrageous personal injury claims are not just restricted to physical injury. A man filed a lawsuit against a well-known beer company because their advertisements seemed to suggest that women in bikini would materialize if he drank the beer. He didn’t just want money for the lack of women in his life. He claimed that as the adverts drove him to purchase large quantities of beer, he wanted that reimbursed too.

With experience in everything from council personal injury claims to asbestos claims, EAD Solicitors are a leading personal injury and industrial disease claims specialist.