Hello,
I have a friend who im worried about.
He had a slip in a supermarket almost a year ago and said he hurt his knee. The cause of slip was slipping on cream knocked over by a customer almost 10 minutes before he slipped in it (caught on cctv).
He went to the dr the next day post slip and all scans showed nothing wrong. He is still complaining of pain, but every dr and test cant find anything wrong except an old fracture relating to a pre existing condition.
He filled an incident report (2 days after) in with woolies who agreed to pay medical exspense. He wasnt happy about that as he wants more money for taking time off work, for his wife taking days off and getting people to drive him around (works mainly from home).
So instead he is now taken it to a no win no fee lawyer. This is where im concerned. The lawyer has told him its a 100% win case and he will get almost $200k. He has signed up with them and taken out a loan to cover initial costs with them.
I am worried he doesnt have much of a case and will be up for thousands and will have to pay woolies legal costs.
Im not sure 10 minutes is negligent on woolies behalf?
Any advice would be great.
I have a friend who im worried about.
He had a slip in a supermarket almost a year ago and said he hurt his knee. The cause of slip was slipping on cream knocked over by a customer almost 10 minutes before he slipped in it (caught on cctv).
He went to the dr the next day post slip and all scans showed nothing wrong. He is still complaining of pain, but every dr and test cant find anything wrong except an old fracture relating to a pre existing condition.
He filled an incident report (2 days after) in with woolies who agreed to pay medical exspense. He wasnt happy about that as he wants more money for taking time off work, for his wife taking days off and getting people to drive him around (works mainly from home).
So instead he is now taken it to a no win no fee lawyer. This is where im concerned. The lawyer has told him its a 100% win case and he will get almost $200k. He has signed up with them and taken out a loan to cover initial costs with them.
I am worried he doesnt have much of a case and will be up for thousands and will have to pay woolies legal costs.
Im not sure 10 minutes is negligent on woolies behalf?
Any advice would be great.