Personal injury advice please

[charlotte300]

Hi, I had an injury last month in a garden centre 3 large, heavy plant pots were stacked too high, and 1 fell on the back of my leg, cutting so deep that I required 11 stitches at A&E - it was a huge shock and lots of blood loss. I have not contacted the garden centre, and I will be scarred for life from the cut which is 2 and a half inches long. So are there any prsonal injury advisors here that could guide me - shall I just make a complaint to the garden centre and see the response?

Absolutely this.

What would you be wanting to be compensated for OP?

I am currently going through a personal injury claim. 19 months in and likely another 6 months to go including a possible court case. I’ve damaged my knee quite significantly. To those saying you’ve got to have a financial loss, that’s nonsense. I took annual leave after my accident as I don’t get paid if I am off sick. Taking annual leave has not stopped my solicitor pursuing a claim.

Assuming you’re in the UK OP you absolutely can claim for permanent scarring, and for 11 stitches it won’t be valued low either. If they were negligently stacked too high that’s not just “one of those things”.

Contact a personal injury firm in the first instance who will guide you. As above ask to move this to legal, you’re just going to have a load of people confidently telling you incorrect entitlements.

One of my kids (when a young adult) had an injury when a car pulled out of a side street and knocked him off his bike.

He got compensation for the bike but his successful claim included compensation for suffering, including scarring on his arm.

So I don't think it's correct that compensation is only for financial loss.

Honestly all this crap about it’s only financial loss you get compensation for. My DD is currently sat in a house that she owns outright, bought with the compensation she received after an accident that she spent three months in hospital for, then recovering at home for another six months. She wasnt working at the time, but even if she was, she damn straight wouldn’t have earned that kind of money in nine months.

Ignore the naysayers OP.

It’s not all about financial loss - it all comes down to whether or not the garden centre was negligent. As previous posters have noted, you’re saying the pots were stacked too high - in your opinion? Do you know they should only be stacked in pairs? How did they fall, did they just topple over or was someone moving them? Did you move them?

yes, in all likelihood, you probably could get a settlement - whether the garden centre was negligent or if they are advised to settle to draw the matter to a close.