Crazy compensation culture in schools

[Ethel]

399 successful claims for compensation from schools in one financial year - it is no wonder schools are stopping children from playing conkers and wrapping them in cotton wool.

"�5,000 to a pupil who slipped on leaves in the playground; �21,168 to a pupil who broke an ankle when playing 'tag' and �21,650 to a student who fell off a climbing frame.
The biggest single payout, of �48,808, was to a pupil who burned their arm on a radiator pipe.
The same authority awarded �4,000 to a pupil who broke their wrist when pushed out of a toy car by another pupil."

It seems there is no such thing as an accident any more.

Of course it is the tax payer who bears the financial burden for these payouts - insurance premiums are very high and increase with every claim; but it is the children who are really losing out by curtailing their fun.

Would you claim in these circumstances?

[logic]

I wouldn't have done normally, but having read that, yes I would now.

The floodgates are open now.

[dianew]

no, i would'nt, but then with some people it's the first thing they think of.."how much compensation can i get"
kids will always run around ,climb and have accidents it's ridiculous the payouts the're getting

[B00]

Apart from the radiator one, shouldn't it be covered if it's that hot to begin with? They're all accidential injuries and should never have been allowed to be payable for.

No wonder we're raising an obese society of children, nurserys and schools will be to scared to allow any activity for kids soon.

Utter nonsense.

[Postdog]

No I wouldn't - God, the amount of knocks I took as a kid I should be rolling in it, but you just get up and get on with it.

This makes me doubly sick as I had a genuine accident in a supermarket at the beginning of the year which I was told wasn't worth pursuing for a claim, even tho I had medical evidence, it was recorded, and I was off work for three months. I'm still playing catch up with my finances.

[dotovaposted]

blimey, when i was about 7 (1962) we were playing that game where you all hang onto the person in front and then run around in a long line, it got banned when one of the kids slammed into an open classroom window and split their face open.

When i was about 10 we were playing skipping and someone had left a needle and bobbin (remeber when we did that bobbin thing with 4 small nails in the top and wound wool round it to make hair ties) thing near the rope and i stood on it and the needle went thru my sandle and into my foot.

Our playing field was on a steep slope at the front of the school and many a child overran the grass and landed face down on the concrete playground.

Oh dear, all good fun!

[tigerlily11]

If I had claimed for every accident I had at school I would be richer that JK Rowling.
I slipped and renched my ankle some time ago now on my friends front door step after when leaving their house. Some one else said you could claim for that. I couldn't believe they said it. It was my fault I should have watched what I was doing.
Yes there is a blame culture but not a responsible culture.
There is no concept any longer that accidents will happen.
Unless there was no excuse and the place concerned was just plain lax in what they were doing, i.e a broken door that was left to fall on some one, then no I would claim.
I know how clumbsy I can be and I take full responsibility for it.

[annie0000]

Children will be children and accidents will happen is my view. The only one that I would have been angry about is if my child had been burned on a radiator. I would first need to establish that the radiator was in a place likely to be in contact with children and that my child had not been doing something stupid in order to get burned. I say that I would be angry and speak to the school to get something done to make it safe, however, it would still not occur to me sue them.