posted by admin on May 20
A couple of years back, I was working on a construction site and I was working at the top of a ladder. My boss was meant to be holding the ladder at the bottom at the time, but I think he got distracted when one of the other guys on the site was messing around. The next moment, I was sailing through the air, thinking quite calmly to myself that I was heading right for that stack of concrete blocks!
Unfortunately I hit the side of my face on the blocks, and I suffered a broken jaw and some lasting physical damage to my face. At first I was just glad that my injuries weren’t any more serious, but after a while, I started to feel pretty hard done by. After all, the accident was not my fault, yet I was the one who was in agonising pain, with a pretty unattractive scar running across my left cheek!
I decided to contact some medical negligence lawyers to see if they thought I had a case for compensation. I was delighted to discover that they would send over an injury lawyer right away!
They sent over a great guy who carefully explained all of the ins and outs to me. It didn’t seem too complicated to make a claim, and he assured me that he would deal with everything.
Fortunately for me my case was over and done with very quickly. I was lucky enough to be rewarded with a five figure compensation, which I think was fitting to be honest. My boss was covered for this sort of eventuality anyway, so there was no problem with me going back to work either. In fact, we had a great laugh about it in the end, and we probably get on better than ever. I don’t let him hold the bottom of the ladder anymore though!
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