Can I claim personal injury compensation claim even though that it a skin cut

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  1. jedi-master's Avatar
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    Can I claim personal injury compensation claim even though that it a skin cut
    Basically to cut a long story short, I was playing with my pen and my 'friend' suddenly got very annoyed with it so he decided to "remove" the problem and force it out of my hand, as he was doing it the pen's sharp bit cut my skin in several places on my right hand and now as a result it hurts me when I write. Could I really claim the personal injury compensation claim even though its just a couple of cuts?

    Please don't say "its just a cut so get over it", when the its not my fault that I have the cuts in the first place...
    Last edited by jedi-master; 02-05-2012 at 19:21.
  2. Alexandra's Box's Avatar
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    Re: Can I claim personal injury compensation claim even though that it a skin cut
    So what if it's not your fault?
    Jeez.
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    Re: Can I claim personal injury compensation claim even though that it a skin cut
    Mate, you should be in those adverts. This is one of the most serious cases I've heard.
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    Re: Can I claim personal injury compensation claim even though that it a skin cut
    I hope this is a troll.
    If not, then it's thanks to people like you that we live in a blame culture.

    Grow. Up.
  5. jedi-master's Avatar
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    (Original post by Alexandra's Box)
    So what if it's not your fault?
    Jeez.
    Well, if he did it then he should be responsible for his actions shouldn't he?
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    Re: Can I claim personal injury compensation claim even though that it a skin cut
    I think you should sue for £1 million.
  7. tehforum's Avatar
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    Re: Can I claim personal injury compensation claim even though that it a skin cut
    Thanks to ClaimsDirect, I got £5 for my skin cut!
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    Re: Can I claim personal injury compensation claim even though that it a skin cut
    (Original post by tehforum)
    Thanks to ClaimsDirect, I got £5 for my skin cut!
    CutS!

    Emphasis on the plural. This isn't your run-of-the-mill hand cut.
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    Re: Can I claim personal injury compensation claim even though that it a skin cut
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    Re: Can I claim personal injury compensation claim even though that it a skin cut
    (Original post by tehforum)
    Thanks to ClaimsDirect, I got £5 for my skin cut!
    £5 is a bit ambitious, no?

    50p is more like it.

    OP get your friend to buy you a bar of chocolate and be done with it.
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    Re: Can I claim personal injury compensation claim even though that it a skin cut
    The judge would throw the case out. So no.
  12. chemicalX's Avatar
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    Re: Can I claim personal injury compensation claim even though that it a skin cut
    Don't delay...claim today.
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    Re: Can I claim personal injury compensation claim even though that it a skin cut
    (Original post by afshan93)
    man the hell up?
    Hes got a valid point though, technically he can get him done for assault and sue the **** out of him!
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    Re: Can I claim personal injury compensation claim even though that it a skin cut
    (Original post by Little Hobbit)
    £5 is a bit ambitious, no?

    50p is more like it.

    OP get your friend to buy you a bar of chocolate and be done with it.
    Nowdays a bar of chocolate doesn't cost 50p! :gasp:
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    Re: Can I claim personal injury compensation claim even though that it a skin cut
    (Original post by chemicalX)
    Nowdays a bar of chocolate doesn't cost 50p! :gasp:
    A couple of freddo's would do it.

    If only Taz bars were still around!
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    Re: Can I claim personal injury compensation claim even though that it a skin cut
    (Original post by chemicalX)
    Nowdays a bar of chocolate doesn't cost 50p! :gasp:
    Most chocolate bars do cost 50p or less regardless of the 'inflation' which we have witnessed fairly recently. :rolleyes:

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    Re: Can I claim personal injury compensation claim even though that it a skin cut
    I'd contact a lawyer about that buddy, that's a claim worth thousands. Go around to an office tomorrow and explain the situation, make sure you take plenty of pictures of the cut and the pen in question.

    I'd even get a few witness statements if I was you!

    Another positive note, in a few years time you might be able to use this story to get onto the x-factor!
  18. OU Student's Avatar
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    Re: Can I claim personal injury compensation claim even though that it a skin cut
    What exactly have you lost by gaining a few cuts?
  19. chemicalX's Avatar
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    Re: Can I claim personal injury compensation claim even though that it a skin cut
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    What exactly have you lost by gaining a few cuts?
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  20. Dan1909's Avatar
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    Re: Can I claim personal injury compensation claim even though that it a skin cut
    Yes you can claim.

    You'll get £1000, and a shot to the head. Seems fair.
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