Our thanks to Francis for this. From the article about the cheery-looking woman:
Ms Mazo, who is right handed, says the August 2009 injury destroyed her lucrative career and left her with wrist scars she fears will make people believe she self-harms. The HR professional says the accident has also left her with ‘rollercoaster’ moods causing her to swing ‘from anger to sadness in seconds’.
After being awarded £150,000 in damages, she believes it should be 30 times more and her case is now set to go before three senior judges.
Now I’ve encountered many Human Remains people in my time, and if anyone can explain to me how breaking a wrist could destroy an HR consultant’s career, I’d be most grateful. If £150,000 – let alone £4.5 million – is the going rate for tripping outside a pub, I predict I’ll be tripping outside the numerous pubs on Bedford High Street this evening. Just £10,000 from each of them would do very nicely.
Just from the articles I’ve been reading in various newspapers for the past 10 years, it is my humble estimate that the compensation claims made by women are at least 20x greater than those made by men. I dread owning a company and being forced to hire female workers. Butter not start any business in such dangerous environment.
Who dares wins?
A try-on of course.
The HR professional says the accident has also left her with ‘rollercoaster’ moods causing her to swing ‘from anger to sadness in seconds”
I was under the impression that was caused by being female.
Interesting that a woman told her no, I wonder if it was a male judge who has let her take it forward.
I had a read through the armed forces compensation scheme to see where her injury would fit. Its quite heavy reading but I think i found a match to her injury.
http://www.infolaw.co.uk/mod/docs/AFCS-2015-04-06.pdf
level 13: Fracture or dislocation of one hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, elbow or wrist from
which the claimant has made, or is expected to make, a substantial recovery
within 26 weeks.
Tariff Levels
1 £570,000
2 £470,000
3 £380,000
4 £290,000
5 £175,000
6 £140,000
7 £90,000
8 £60,000
9 £40,000
10 £27,000
11 £15,500
12 £10,000
13 £6,000
14 £3,000
15 £1,200
Level 1 injuries are in the realms of missing limbs and doesn’t come close to the amount she is claiming. She can have £6000 and think herself lucky.
Such outrageous claims for what are relatively minor injuries, which the woman may have contributed to through negligence, suggest the sort of sums that may be claimed by women in ‘the military’ once they start being wounded in action.
You can imagine how a limb or two lost to an IED might diminish a woman’s prospects of snaffling a successful and prosperous image conscious spouse.