how low can some people go?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFr...408605,00.html




September 09, 2002

'Traumatised' witness of fit awarded £6,000
By A Scotland Correspondent



AN EPILEPSY sufferer will have to pay compensation to a student who claimed that she was upset by his contorted face during a seizure.
Sheriff Michael Fletcher, at Perth, ruled that Edwin Young, from Balbeggie, must pay £6,000 to Yvonne Rennie for the consequences of a car crash in 1998. She was mildly injured when he had an epileptic fit at the wheel and twice hit her vehicle. She said she suffered post traumatic stress from seeing his seizure.

A spokesman for Epilepsy Association Scotland said that it was extraordinary. “It’s almost like something you would expect to see on the Ally McBeal show.”

Despite ruling in her favour, Mr Fletcher suggested Mrs Rennie may have exaggerated.


The worlds going mad!!

For fcuk sake, I'm never leaving the house again incase I get sued for somthing, anything.

Its too dangerous!

You can see the fairness if the student just wanted her car sortin and a bit of money for the inconvenience, after all if u frequently have epileptic fits then its ur own risk drivin.

Suing for trauma takes the pi$$ though, i have seen a couple of epileptic fits before (once wen i was 8 for gods sake) an it neva affected me a bit.

Some ppl will do nething to get money these days, weres it gonna stop,

-Bez

one of my kids m8's is real feckin ugly, i'm thinking about i should sue his parents for the trauma seeing their son has caused me :D

@bez it wont stop, it'll just get worse because lawyers get paid for taking these stupid cases to court, make them work pro bono (for free) on these cases and i bet they'd stop pretty quickly, maybe even let the judge decide if its a worthless case at the end of the trial so the lawer only find out if he gets paid AFTER the trial I bet that would stop them too.

yea but with these no win no fee companies wudnt they only find out if they are gonna win an get paid after the trial neways? Also if u did sue ur kids m8's parents cudnt they do the same to u? after all u cant really put a judge on how ugly or nice sum1 is. either way im sure the lawyers wud be keen to take this case on,

-Bez

fcuk it im off to sue rap for makein df 2 addictive
and then on to nxt door cos there old nosey (unts

you must of seen the claims direct advert where the woman says she woke up and realised i had been involved in an accident and i keep getting flashbacks so i recieved blah blah thousand pound

in other words she got paid for remembering the accident
so in that case ANY body who is involved in an accident and remembers it regardless of injury should get paid

i'l tell you what if i ever have an accident i want that lawyer who dealt with her

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Originally posted by Bez625
Also if u did sue ur kids m8's parents cudnt they do the same to u? after all u cant really put a judge on how ugly or nice sum1 is. either way im sure the lawyers wud be keen to take this case on,

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i think you misunderstand how ugly this kid is ;) he wasnt hit with the ugly stick, he went for a wander in the ugly forest and got trampled on as the trees ran away in disgust :D

so he ugly then is that wot ur trying to say?

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Originally posted by ABCMan


i think you misunderstand how ugly this kid is ;)

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LOL, so we are talking mirror crackingly, gargoyle's running off in despair ugly? Its gud for ur son to have a friend like this though, coz wen he goes on the pull with him he will have the pick of the birds :D

-Bez

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Originally posted by Bez625


LOL, so we are talking mirror crackingly, gargoyle's running off in despair ugly?

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more likely the mirror running off and the gargoyle cracking;)

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Originally posted by Bez625
Its gud for ur son to have a friend like this though, coz wen he goes on the pull with him he will have the pick of the birds :D

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I think he has that covered already without him :D

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I think he has that covered already without him :D

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lol gud for him,

-Bez

I seen the same thing when I was about 17, I'll not soon forget it, but........ even if it had happened in this age of 'no win, no cost' solicitors, sueing ANYONE, let alone the person that suffered it, would be the LAST thing on my mind.

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Originally posted by Hybrid
I seen the same thing when I was about 17, I'll not soon forget it, but........ even if it had happened in this age of 'no win, no cost' solicitors, sueing ANYONE, let alone the person that suffered it, would be the LAST thing on my mind.

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same here,but its all about money now:( and we all will do it in one way or another.

booboo:(

ABCMan... I REALLY wanna see a picture of this kid!! Get a shot of him mate when he pops round to see your kid, don't use an expensive camera though... Would hate it if you sued me!! lol...

Mike.

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Originally posted by spagboll
ABCMan... I REALLY wanna see a picture of this kid!! Get a shot of him mate when he pops round to see your kid, don't use an expensive camera though... Would hate it if you sued me!! lol...

Mike.

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i've only seen him a few times (usualy from a distance;)) although he has been here i think it would look mighty strange me asking him if i could take a photo, best bet is think of the ugliest person you have seen then imagine what they would look like if someone set their face on fire and put it out using the bottom of a frying pan:D

lol say u r doin it coz u want a piccy of ur son an his mate for the family album or summat

-Bez

After reading your post ABC, I've got a AMAZING picture in my head, all I do is laugh... lol... Excellent post... still laughing now.... :D

Mike.

My dad's an epileptic and I must say I'm totally gobsmacked by this ruling. I had to grow up seeing my dad suffer from fits and I admit it was distressing, especially when he suffered head injuries as a result. But that was nothing compared to how he felt when he became concious again, aching all over for days and not remembering what happened for up to a week beforehand, as well as dealing with various injuries. The world is indeed going mad, it's totally ridiculous :(