We consider the home to be a safe haven which is why suffering an injury in your own home can be so upsetting, particularly for those who live alone. More than two and half million people each year are rushed to hospital after sustaining injuries in accidents at home. Tragically, some four thousand of these injuries are fatal.
Accidents do of course happen and sometimes no one is really to blame. However, in many instances a company or another individual are responsible for ensuring your health and safety. Failure to do so can therefore be deemed negligence if you become injured in an accident which you were not to blame for.
For example, if you were using an electrical product which was not sufficiently safe and later burned you, the manufacturer could be said to have produced a defective product which caused you injury, making them liable. Similarly, if poor building work has been carried out leading you to become injured by a falling window the construction company could be to blame. Living in a council or rented property means that the council/or landlord is liable should they fail to ensure that he property is safe.
In any of these circumstances, you could be eligible to claim compensation should you become injured.
You could claim if your are injured in an accident at home – call FREEPHONE 0800 1404544
Our personal injury experts can give you quality advice on how to claim compensation if you sustain an injury in an accident at home which was not your fault.
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