I suddenly had (my first ever) onset of sciatica around 5 weeks before I was due to go on holiday. When I eventually went on holiday I had gradually weaned off the painkillers but was still having up and downs and was seeing a chiropractor (private) weekly. I drove to holiday (something I could not have done when sciatica was bad) and on the first evening I was kneeling on the floor doing up my daughters shoes in the club on site and a big man who had been sat behind me with several members of his family decided to stretch in his seat and lean back. The chair broke and he and the chair landed flat on my back pushing me to the ground. One lady with him said to me do you need help getting up. The man thought she was talking to him and answered her. She said "get up Paul you are drunk". Again they asked if I wanted help getting up as I had two small children with me but I explained I needed to just stay still for a minute as I had recently had sciatica and did not want it to flare up again. After a few minutes I left the room in the club but I was really in a lot of pain and was quite shocked by what had happened and that my children had witnessed it. I went to the bouncer on the way out and explained what had happened. He took me through to a back room. He got the receptionist to come and have a look. She looked at my back and said yes there is a definite mark there I will get an ice pack. She asked where I had been sitting and if I knew who the guy was. I described where I had been sitting and that he was called Paul and was with a very large group. The bouncer "went off to find them" whilst the reception lady went for the ice pack. They came back together, handed me the ice pack and said "we cannot help you anymore". I found the wife of the man who fell on me a few days later and the said "was it your husband who hurt me on Saturday and she said yes "this is the lady (to her son) who Paul fell on. She told me his full name. I had been to casualty (albeit days later when i could eventually drive) and had in fact trapped another nerve so I went to the Club and made an official complaint in writing. The club had found out the man had several vans on site so spent a lot of money at this club so the club felt they should protect him so they started saying he had tripped and several other excuses however his wife backed me up. My question is should my complaint be against the club or the person who fell on me?
Sorry for the long winded post ;). Thank you if anyone can give me any advice. I just want some help with medical costs of further chiropractic treatment.