Is my sisters accident my fault?

[Babybirdmum]

—my sister fell over my child’s toy in my garden and broke her nose/hurt her front teeth.
-I called an ambulance, cared for her, hubby sent text afterwards, I said I’m sorry this happened.
-after I was saying how awful, I googled what happens when you bang your teeth. Kept saying it’s awful.
-she doesn’t remember me saying sorry but I guess she was in shock.
-we have a difficult relationship but have been getting on well recently.
-she phoned me to say if it was at a restaurant then she would sue them, implying that I should give her some compensation. (Because my mum said “she just wants an apology” and she said in the background “no I don’t, I want more”)
-I said are you joking and laughed. She look offence.she said speak to my lawyers (she doesn’t have lawyers so I did t know how to take this).—I was really upset. Accused her of asking me for money to fund her extravagant lifestyle.
-my mum was on speaker during the phone too. She said sister just wanted an apology.
-seems like she wanted money and because I got upset she was blaming me, changed it to wanting an apology. She said she didn’t think I was sorry it happened. I feel I’ve been very compassionate. Not sure what else I could’ve done?
-need outside opinions as I have no clue whether it’s me or her that’s in the wrong. I’ve apologised to her but she doesn’t care how hurt I feel about the phone call, especially when I feel like I’ve supported her.

I fell over a dogs ball at a friend's house and broke my nose and gave myself 2 black eyes. I can't put my arms out when I fall because I have RA in hands, wrist, elbow and shoulders. There is no strength there anyway, so I'd have just ended up with broken arms

As pp said you can’t just claim for any old accident! Someone has to be negligent. A toy in the garden doesn’t cut it. Unless there’s a massive drip feed you shouldn’t even be apologising.

Does she actually need dental work?

OMG I'm so sorry, sounds awful! Hope you are ok now?

I guess I can imagine how its possible if you have something in your hands.

Obviously she's not reasonable, but I think there's a chance she'd win if she sued you, actually. If the toy was left somewhere you'd reasonably expect someone might trip over it.

Refer her "lawyer" to your insurance company.

It was an accident. I assume she has eyes to be able to see the toy she tripped over and it wasn’t a trap you deliberately laid to trip her over.
Comparing it to a restaurant is ridiculous as that’s a business where they’re obliged to keep people safe and not doing so would be professional negligence. This was in a private home and it wasn’t your fault. If anyone is at fault it’s her for not looking where she was going carefully enough.

How old is she?

Does she have children?

Oh I am fine now, nose wise. It didn't hurt quite as much as the crunch sounded at the time. It was the day after that hurt.

I did try to drop and roll, but spectacularly failed

Suing a restaurant is not in anyway a fair comparison – your home is not a business that has public liability. Your sister has liability for herself when she's in someone's private residence. She just sounds angry ... I get it if you've been injured to that extent, but it's still a bit nuts. Don't give her money.

Juries do not hear civil claims in England and Wales unless libel or slander.

I think, its like if you tripped over a box of tea bags on the floor in asda and they blamed you for not looking at your feet whilst walking

She was looking where she was going...obviously. She wasn't looking at her feet. Who looks at their feet whilst walking?!

Yes you do owe her an apology. A nice bunch of flowers and an apology, but don't get all defensive like on here, or you are asking for trouble...like she injured herself in your house and you are acting like you are the victim here

An apology, and a bunch of flowers, nothing more. It really isnt that big a deal, or is it

She has a broken nose? it may never look the same, and you are clearly drip feeding how bad the dental damage is

It is perfectly possible to sue family and friends for injury in the home and much more common than people think.

The Occupiers' Liability Act says "They (occupiers) should take appropriate measures to prevent injuries occurring on their property as far as could be considered reasonable." An example of which is a wobbly stair where the owner has failed to warn visitors and an injury occurs.

I would just tell her that given she is so clumsy, it's best she doesn't visit houses with young children, so she won't be able to visit you now until your kids are grown up. Tell your mum you've said this too!

Tell your selfish sister to bog off you don't owe her anything sound like she's a horror take yourself back and don't feel bad about something that is not yiur fault

That's mad. Had she been drinking? I assume she was outside playing with the kids. She could have been the one that left the toy there. I've a baby and a 3 year old so I'm always tripping over their crap.

I'm confused why you have to apologise. Maybe if you laughed but you didn't and did what you could to help.

I hope she didn't break your childs toy! If she did I'd make her pay for it

She should have been looking where she was going!

"Feel free to sue me bitch, good luck proving it wasn't an accident"

She’s weird.

She sounds embarrassed and annoyed.

ignore her (and your mum)

Not your fault at all. She probably wants you to pay for any dental work needing done. But she seems really unreasonable. I’d message her saying I’m sorry you tripped over Toys let me know if there is anything I can do. Send her a bunch of flowers. But step back and focus on you. Life’s hard enough without a witch-hunt towards you. Xx

I'd write her out of my life - after telling her to look where she walks in future.

This

Unless they were having some sort of joke with you (which isn’t funny), then I’d ditch them both….they sound awful OP. I wouldn’t want that sort of drama triangulation around my DC growing up either.

Did you send her a text saying how sorry you were? If you did, screenshot it and send it saying you've said sorry but will repeat it again etc. ... If you didn't originally, send her a message saying how sorry you are and hope she's healing ok - then leave it at that! You can do no more x