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AIBU?

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compensation claim

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littlemisstwinkle · 21/05/2012 19:17

my 4 year old child has fell at school and broke her nose,every1s telling me to claim compo, should i or not?

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Floggingmolly · 21/05/2012 19:32

Even with the drip fed information, why the immediate "can I sue" response?

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littlemisstwinkle · 21/05/2012 19:32

there was no teachers on the yard at the time it happened im pretty damm sure there should be some sort of adult supervision of 64 children aged 4-5

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alphabite · 21/05/2012 19:32

Left her completely unattended or were they just not right by her side at that exact moment? I very much doubt she was completely unattended.

Perhaps they should have taken her straight to hospital but a lot of people would have waited too if it wasn't immediately obvious it was broken. I probably would have waited too.

Get a grip.

HecateTrivia · 21/05/2012 19:33

x-post, well, that's new information and they certainly behaved badly and you deserve an explanation and to know what they are going to do to make sure that that doesn't happen again.

hellhasnofurylikeahungrywoman · 21/05/2012 19:33

No adults at all? How do you know that?

pointythings · 21/05/2012 19:33

If you aren't an under-bridge dweller - and I have my thoughts about this - then YABU. Broken noses are very hard to diagnose and four-year-olds who are at school will fall over and may hurt themselves. This is called 'life'.

Pooka · 21/05/2012 19:35

Agree that you could take up with head.

But compensation? No way!

Accidents do happen.

It is unlikely that the subsequent issue you have wrt care has made a difference to the outcome which was that your dd has broken her nose.

And fwiw most playgrounds in schools (aside from bits uner euqipment) are concrete. And you could break your nose on grass. I don't see the relevance. And do you seriously expect 1-2-1? There will have been supervision in the playground.

alphabite · 21/05/2012 19:35

How do you know there was no one on the yard?

Would it have prevented her fall if an adult had been on the yard. I doubt it.

HecateTrivia · 21/05/2012 19:35

What do you want? Money or to ensure that there is adequate supervision in future? Because if it's the latter, you can best achieve that by talking with them and getting assurances that they will adequately supervise and by complaining to the regulator.

AllKnickersAndNoFurCoat · 21/05/2012 19:36

I'm getting a bit impatient.

STOP DRIP FEEDING.

Your DC was unattended in the playground.
She fell over.
She broke her nose.
This was undiagnosed for several hours and you weren't contacted.
When you arrived to collect her you were told they believed her nose was broken and then they 'made out' that they were about to take her to hospital.

Is there anything else you would like to add or is this now all of the relevant information?

hiveofbees · 21/05/2012 19:36

You would have to prove that there was negligence and that without this the harm to your daughter would not have occured. Can you do that?

Pooka · 21/05/2012 19:37

I don't believe that there was no adult supervision. Might not have been a teacher, but bet there was TA/mds supervision.

Tis bollocks.

fuckarama · 21/05/2012 19:37

In order to prove negligence you have to prove that there has been a breach of a duty of care towards your daughter, amongst other things.

What were the circumstances of the accident?

Softlysoftly · 21/05/2012 19:38

How do you know they were unattended I highly doubt the school admitted that, so your four year old is the source of this reliable insight?

Suing should be done when you are financially out of pocket or to for e a change in proceedure. Someone close to me lost a son due to medical negligence, she sued until the county changed the proceedures and then dropped the case, no money was bringing him back.

If neither of those things happen then no you don't sue, why would you take money away from a school how would that help up the staff ratio

SauvignonBlanche · 21/05/2012 19:38

How do you know there were no staff present?
How could they have prevented her falling?

mysteryfairy · 21/05/2012 19:39

Even if it's true that there was no adult supervision in the playground (which I struggle to believe) there still has to be a causal link between the absence of adults and the fall. If it was just a standard playground fall I don't see how there could be?

mandoo · 21/05/2012 19:39

Your getting slaughtered some what.

You do have the right to be pissed off and you do have the right to ask questions. However you have no basis to sue. If your unhappy talk to the head.

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littlemisstwinkle · 21/05/2012 19:39

i asked the teachers how it was done they were unaware of the fall until my daughter was screaming and her nose bleeding,it was pretty obvious to me that it was broken as it was severley swollen and lobsided so i dont understand how the first aider who checked her over said it was fine,iv asked and they told me no teacher was present on the yard when it happened, i dont expect 1 2 1 but i expect my child to be looked after and cared for correctley

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Noqontrol · 21/05/2012 19:40

How do you know there were no teachers? Sorry but I just don't believe you.

fuckarama · 21/05/2012 19:42

How could there not have been a teacher or a TA in the playground?

That doesn't make sense.

How did your daughter fall? What happened?

AllKnickersAndNoFurCoat · 21/05/2012 19:42

OK then. I'd be pissed off too. As I said before, what I'd want to do is discuss my concerns with the Head then take it from there. I wouldn't immediately think of suing a school and frankly I'm a bit that this is your immediate response when your child has been injured.

Cool down and talk to the Head tomorrow.

mysteryfairy · 21/05/2012 19:42

Was it lunch time by any chance? As far as I remember teachers do not supervise at this time though obviously lunch time supervisors are employed to do so

ilovesooty · 21/05/2012 19:43

I don't believe there was no adult supervision either.

McHappyPants2012 · 21/05/2012 19:44

If all of that is true, before compo I would want a full explanation into why nobody was on the yard or why wasn't I contacted sooner

AnyoneforTurps · 21/05/2012 19:46

Hmmm. There is not much bone in a 4 year old's nose - it is almost all cartilage. So a broken nose in a 4 year old is unusual. And it is unusual for a child of any age to break a nose in a simple fall - they usually put their arms to save themselves.

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