Product Liability – Personal Admonition

By Rudi ONeil -

If it is a case of a person going out to buy a prosaic item, there is still a sense of excitement as we are such a crazed consumer society. Needs hinge upon the superfluousness of the purchase; a hair-dryer – wow; a bread-maker – wow; a coffee-maker – wow. Still though there is this sense of indefatigable joy as the boxed wonderment gets hoisted into the boot and travels to its new home. Exciting too, but in an atypical and antipodal way, is the trip to the hospital after the mundane product has become the supramundane product and caused you a serious bit of damage. In such occurrences the only positive outcome is the filing of a personal injury claim.

If you have been caused unnecessary pain and injury by a product then the repercussions are often so much more than physical. Take for instance a pretty lady having laser hair removal or man for that matter. They go for what is ostensibly a routine operation, only to find that subsequently they are left with burns and scars of a severity that belies the notion that the procedure in the first place was one geared toward the enhancement of bodily aesthetics. When this happens to a person the walking around disfigured factor is one that lends itself to both mental stigma and a ‘why did I bother’ propensity.

As aforementioned even more benign (seemingly) products can cause a consumer serious damage and the more unsuspecting a person is, the greater the threat of injury. A gentleman in Shoreditch for example upon getting home and opening a standard geometry set, had the compass (that had been placed in there incorrectly, the lid forced shut) fly into his face, piercing his left retina, causing all of the pigmentation of his formerly lovely blue eye to seep out. Although this is an isolated occurrence, it is still an occurrence that elicits compensation.

For something a little more widespread and topical we turn to the whole laser eye surgery debate that is coursing through the media like IV synthesized liquid keif. It has been brought to the attention of the hoi polloi that the whole industry is poorly regulated with severely under-qualified people being assigned to messing with peoples’ sight. As a result 5% of people who have the procedure suffer irreparable damage. People blithely go about having these procedures without assessing the risk, because the surgery is marketed in a way that makes it appear to be entirely risk free.

So you see there are many different types of personal injury and it can be tricky to ascertain exactly what it is that constituted one. I you feel that you have a claim that you want to make then you need to get in touch with a personal injury lawyer or a management company that deals with personal injury. Either way the choice that you make will mean that you are represented on a no-win-no-fee basis. If you are not offered this by a legal representative then basically they are not legitimate. It is also important that the legal representative has previous experience of going to court, and also specialises in personal injury. The consequence of not having a representative that knows exactly what they are doing is not getting decent compensation.

Make a personal injury claim if you have been injured by a product or service

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