The 7 Weirdest Personal Injury Claims

When a coal company worker lit a cigarette in a portaloo at work he got a serious surprise. A methane leak in a pipe beneath the toilet caused the whole cubicle to explode. He won a work injury compensation claim against his employers, for a compensation figure of ten million dollars. 2011 The 7 Weirdest Personal Injury Claims A grocer from Lancashire slipped while playing Blind Man's Bluff – €15 was paid to him, the modern equivalent of his compensation amount being €724 1878 Cleanthi Peters versus Universal Studios, Florida. This misguided woman tried to sue Universal Studios after visiting their Haunted House of Horrors. She attempted to make a personal injury claim on the basis of psychological trauma' following the visit. Quite obviously, the case was dismissed; getting scared by a house of horrors was not 1998 considered a viable complaint strangely enough.. First ever Negligence claim: Donoghue versus Stevenson. This case was the foundational case for the establishment of the modern idea of a negligence claim. Donoghue sue a ginger beer manufacturer Stevenson, after drinking a ginger beer, finding a snail in the drink and subsequently falling ill. 1932 1991 An American took Budweiser to court claiming for 10,000 dollar compensation due to "psychological trauma and emotional stress caused to him due to an advert which claimed drinking Budweiser caused beautiful bikini clad women to appear. Needless to say - the case was dismissed. Liebeck versus MacDonalds: the seemingly ridiculous lawsuit which actually resulted in a win for the claimant and was the cause of the addition of 'caution contents hot warnings to all our takeaway coffee mugs. (Er, thanks Liebeck, who knew!?) However, McDonalds had in fact received multiple complaints regarding the heat of their coffees, with them being served at temperatures as high as 180 degrees. Liebeck was awarded 2.7 million dollars for the 1994 burns she incurred, requiring 800 dollar's worth of skin grafts. 2005 Mr. Austin Aitken tried to sue American TV Company NBC for a figure of $2.5 million following the airing of the hit show "Fear Factor". He claimed that when he watched contestants on the show eating rats in the competition for a 50,000 dollar prize, he felt nauseas and dizzy and ran into a doorframe concussing himself whilst trying to get away from the television. The courts asked him why he didn't look away or turn the television off. This infographic was created by UK Accident and Personal Injury Claims Experts, Loyalty Law. Loyalty Law The lt Legal Service you Can Trast