More Compo Madness...

[nelly1]

Story here...

Very sad and all that, but ye Gods!

[Jasandjules]

It never ceases to amaze me how little responsibility people believe they have for their own actions these days.

Tragic, but would you allow your child to be swinging on railings in a supermarket?

[JJCW]

Disgraceful.

A horrible incident, but any sympathy i would've had has gone with the claim.

[Silver993tt]

So the parents are interested in money more than their son? Sums it up with the attitude of alot of parents these days. They're constantly looking for free money whether it be from schools or any other large institution/company.

Surely the parents should be sued/jailed for gross neglect of their son?

Edited by Silver993tt on Wednesday 23 September 08:20

[chr15b]

Another promising footballer I see

[Bing o]

So when they take the railings down and a kid runs into the path of a car, they'll get sued again.

Jokers.

[JJCW]

Bing o said:

So when they take the railings down and a kid runs into the path of a car, they'll get sued again.

Jokers.

I wonder if they could sue the original complainants in that situation?

[emicen]

I'd love to believe this wont get through court sucessfully but it more than likely will.

If I was the judge I'd be coming in to work that day with sparkly green elf shoes (complete with bells on the toes) to show the correct level of contempt for them as I kicked their arses out my courtroom.

[TrevorH]

Maybe I'm missing something, but just how is the supermarket negligent? For not providing staff to run around and keep an eye on the the little Jonnies of the world?

[Dogwatch]

Every day you can see children 'playing' with shop escalators and being generally ignored by their parents who are engrossed in their shopping. I'm surprised this sort of thing doesn't happen more often.
Don't see that it is the shop's fault that what could have been just a bump on the head was fatal.

[spaximus]

Strikes me that this will be some no win firm that has latched onto the parents grieve and convinced them "some one is to blame" They are your kids look after them and if something happens look closer to home.

[B Oeuf]

JJCW said:

Disgraceful.

A horrible incident, but any sympathy i would've had has gone with the claim.

Couldn't agree more, their grief is obviously overshadowed by their greed

[XJR40]

Obviously I don't agree with sueing the supermarket but if I was in the same position and stood a good chance of winning such a case I'd be very tempted to try it on. I think the law is to blame rather than the individual.

[BoRED S2upid]

I wonder just how many yards away the mother was shopping?. Maybe inside the store while the child played outside the store?.

Im sorry but when we go shopping the little rut rat never leaves our sight is either in the seat in the trolly or holding one of our hands!.

I hope this case gets thrown out.

[Slate99]

What an insult to the young boys life - Which guys here have never swung from a tree, a bar or swung around some railings. Why are there no such thing as accidents anymore?

Edited by Slate99 on Wednesday 23 September 09:23

[Buzz word]

It's sad the poor child died but surely this is best described as an accident? Children swing on things and fall over all the time.

If the floor was in good condition free of holes and clean and the railing was of sufficient strength and in good
condition to support the boy I don't see how the shop can be accountable. I think there is probably a duty of care in an envrironment like a shop to make sure that if things are hung on they wont break and kill somone as the parents will never be 100% aware of what the child is doing. Therefore it only seems right the shope takes that into account. Seeing as the railing probbaly wasnt made of razor blades and glass and the floor didn't resemble the moon it seems fair to class this as an accident.

I would imagine many children a week fallover in the shop and don't die. It really seems like a one in a million accident.

[turbobloke]

As somebody has said already these parents are grasping as much as grieving.

Here's hoping the case gets thrown out.

[Monki]

Hmmmmm

More info here, apparently the mom was shopping whilst the promising footballer played monkey on the bars

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1215294/Fo...


However I have noticed the following....

Unmarried parents

"Working Class" (now dole-sponging class I am led to believe)

4 daughters and now one deceased son and a few kids from another relationship (mentioned 15year old step brother)

Liverpool "working class estate"

Football mentioned when not relevant to the death of the child including what a great player he would have been.

Leaving a kid playing on railings


I conclude that they're from the Sharron Matthews class family which would explain the compo claim.

[J500ANT]

BAN SUPERMARKET FLOORS NOW!!

(Sorry for the caps, but I can see the family protesting outside every Somerfield with banners like that)

[Spiritual_Beggar]

FFS!!!!!!!

Any sensible Judge will thow this out immediately!!!


How the feck were the Suprmarket negligent!? Maybe they should look at themselves for letting their kid swing on a metal bar!