Victims of unusual accidents should consider making a personal injury claim

By: Mason Linger | Posted: 15th June 2010

Over five million people are involved in accidents each year, according to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.



The majority of these are caused by road traffic accidents which result in a range of injuries, the most common of which is whiplash.



However, people shouldn't be put off making personal injury claims for the strangest of accidents. There have been some weird and wonderful accidents throughout history. In 1814 nearly 1.2 million litres of beer flooded the streets of London, injuring hundreds of people who lived in the St. Giles slum area on Tottenham Court Road. The courts ruled it an "act of God," unbelievably relieving the Meux and Company Brewery of all responsibility.



If that were to happen in contemporary times, the victims would be able to receive compensation with the help of injury solicitors London is still a location that is at risk of the strangest of accidents. The tube carries more than a billion passengers each year, but its safety record remains higher than that of the British Rail. According to a website dedicated to travelling on the tube, green grapes cause more accidents than banana skins.



There are countless other strange accidents for which the victims could be entitled to compensation. In Donegal in Ireland, a woman was injured when her car fell on her from the second story of a parking garage. In Newcastle, a country and western singer injured her arm when she was shot by a canon during a performance. These are just two examples of strange accidents which left the victims injured. With the help of injury solicitors, they could have received compensation.



Making a personal injury claim helps you recoup money to compensate you for the accident. If you have to take time off work because you're injured and you've suffered a loss in earnings, or if an injury means you're faced with expensive healthcare bills, you may be able to claim this money back.



Just because some accidents are unusual, it doesn't mean that no one is accountable for it. If you're an innocent victim, injured by someone else's mistake, then it is unfair that you should be burdened with the financial cost of their negligence. Compensation won't heal you, but it will go a long way towards making sure you can afford the treatment you need.





Mason Linger is a renowned author on various law related articles. For more information on personal injury solicitors London, please visit http://www.adamspersonalinjury.co.uk
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