Road and Pavement Tripping Claims

Posted by Mark Duffy on August 30, 2011 under Personal Injury | Be the First to Comment

If you or a person you know has suffered a private injury as a result of a damaged pavement or pot hole in the path or road, then you need to seek legal help as you could be entitled to claim compensation for the injuries you have sustained.

One of the commonest factors behind tripping

claims is either due to raised paving slabs or cobblestones in the town shopping areas housing estates, university or possibly in local parks maintained by the local council or authority.

If you have been unfortunate and this has happened to you and you would like to pursue a claim for personal injury you should take clear photos demonstrating the measurement of the depth or height of the defect.

For the defect to be deemed hazardous the depth or height of the defect must be at least an in., if you don’t have a ruler to hand then a 50 pence piece is about an inch so place this next to the defect and take an image and date the picture on the back.

It would also be beneficial if you could build whether there had been any other similar accidents in the area and how long the area had been in a bad state of decay prior to your accident.

Pursing a claim for personal injury following a fall against the local council can be quite tricky and therefore you will need as much evidence as possible to prove their negligence so if you can provide details of any witnesses to the situation this'll help and support your statement of events.

To substantiate any injury you sustain you have to have medical evidence to support any injury claim you may need to make Therefore please seek medical guidance as soon as possible after the event and counsel them as to how and where you sustained the injury.

To be successful in a claim against the local council or roads agency your solicitor must be in a position to prove they were culpable for failing to maintain or repair the public path and/or road, and so will request sight of their upkeep records.

If you have been hurt in as a consequence of a trip or fall and feel you are entitled to make a claim for personal injury you should get advice as soon as possible as all legal claims are liable to time limitations.

Mark Duffy owns of PICA a injuryclaims management firm that specialises in road tripping claims.