Tuesday - June 17, 2008

fell off stepladder sues , for £50,000 over ‘inadequate training’ .  I couldn’t make this up.

I had no intention of booting as early as I have, but I just couldn’t ignore this. First, I think the old bastard is a bloody liar!  Go ahead fart face. Sue me.
This sort of lunacy shouldn’t even be taken up by any lawyer to begin with.

In the past I have ranted on about Health and Safety here in the Nanny State.  On occasion, Lyndon has also had a comment or three on the subject.
But reading this morning’s paper earlier then usual, I just thought I was still asleep reading the actual instructions H & S has had printed up.

I wish the telegraph had printed H & S instructions online as well as hard copy.  I’ll try and scan it in awhile.

I don’t know about you ppl reading this, but the subject isn’t really a Moonbat. A liar maybe. A jerk?  Could be.
No. The Moonbats are the ppl in the legal system that allow this sort of thing to go forward.  The real Moonbats are the folks who actually do buy his fairy tale. And they certainly do exist.  He sees an opportunity to take in some free money.  The system allows for that and caters much to dishonest ppl.

It can only get worse.

Caretaker who fell off stepladder sues for £50,000 over ‘inadequate training’
By John Bingham
Last Updated: 10:20PM BST 16/06/2008

A school caretaker who was injured falling off a six-foot stepladder is suing his employer for £50,000 claiming he was not trained how to use it properly

Anthony Gower-Smith says his bosses did not show him how to use the 6ft ladder safely, although he admits using others for at least 30 years without mishap.
Mr Gower-Smith, 73, fell while removing a card display and staples from a wall in the gym at Awbridge Primary School near Romsey, Hampshire, in January 2004.

He fractured his skull, broke a cheekbone, split a kidney and spent time in the intensive care unit in nearby Southampton General Hospital, Winchester County Court heard.

Mr Gower-Smith, a former garage proprietor, is suing Hampshire County Council for liability, claiming they did not tell him how to properly use a stepladder.

He is claiming damages of at least £15,000 pounds and up to £50,000 pounds. The council denies negligence.

Mr Gower-Smith told the court he had signed a form to say he had received “ladder training” but said this only consisted of being warned not to stand on the top platform or work at higher than three metres off the ground.

“I thought that was the extent of ladder training,” he told the court. “I didn’t know there were other things regarding ladders.”

Mr Gower-Smith said he started work at the school in October 2002 and had induction training with caretaker support officer Chris Higgins.

He denied that Mrs Higgins had given him other safety advice such as placing the ladder at right angles to the wall being worked on. The court heard that the ladder was placed side on to the wall, potentially making it more unstable, when he fell off.

Mr Gower-Smith said he had filled in a form at work, ticking boxes to indicate he had received training about aspects of the job including ladder safety.

“When you are given something to sign by your superior you just sign it,” he said.

Mr Gower-Smith denied he was standing on the top platform when he fell but the court heard that he told police officers called to the incident that he had been standing on the top and had blamed himself.

“I don’t remember what I said,” he told the court. “I was dazed. But I wasn’t on the top step because I had no need to go to the top step.

“I was in and out of consciousness. I was blaming myself for coming off the ladder.

Not until afterwards did I think about it.”

In a statement of defence, the council said Mr Gower-Smith, of North Baddesley, near Southampton, was negligent, adding “The claimant knew perfectly well how to use a stepladder.”

Mr Recorder Christopher Moger QC asked Mr Gower-Smith if he had a stepladder at home. He said he had.

The judgement is expected this week.

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Posted by Drew458     on 06/17/2008 at 01:39 AM   
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