A Missouri man is suing a DIY store after he got stuck to a toilet seat while out shopping.
31 year old Hayword Rosales is seeking £12,500 in damages after pranksters covered the toilet seat in superglue.
Rosales claims he suffered cuts and bruises to his buttock and was off work for weeks.
In a seperate case a West Yorkshire woman is launching legal action against a store after a chain saw she brought from the store severed her hand.
40 year old mother of three Bridget Williams is an avid DIY fan and purchased the £30“Challenge Mitre” to help her put in a new kitchen. She claims she was putting in some kitchen units when the saw suddenly went out of control and ripped through her hand.
Surgeons were able to save the hand and sew it back on but it is now an inch shorter. She is seeking £100,000 in damages from the store.
Tuesday 26 August 2008
Monday 18 August 2008
Vain drivers
A recent report revealed some worrying information, around 3.8million drivers put other road users at risk by not being able to see properly mainly because they think specs make them look ugly.
Unsurprisingly the worst offenders are women, some 14 million female motorists need glasses to meet the legal requirement of reading a car number plate at 70ft.
But one in four regularly drives without them — and one in five has had a crash or close shave within the past year as a result.
Incredibly one in 16 believes they are safe to get behind the wheel despite their poor vision.
The same report also named the most bizarre insurance claims recieved in a single year, so funny in fact that we just had to mention them.
A motorist called his insurance company after a camel kicked his car.
While another said his windscreen was melted by a crashing Harrier jet.
In another case, a car windscreen was shattered by a nut thrown by a squirrel.
One car was dented when a naked pedestrian ran across it for a joke.
And another claim came after a woman put shampoo in her tank thinking it was petrol.
Unsurprisingly the worst offenders are women, some 14 million female motorists need glasses to meet the legal requirement of reading a car number plate at 70ft.
But one in four regularly drives without them — and one in five has had a crash or close shave within the past year as a result.
Incredibly one in 16 believes they are safe to get behind the wheel despite their poor vision.
The same report also named the most bizarre insurance claims recieved in a single year, so funny in fact that we just had to mention them.
A motorist called his insurance company after a camel kicked his car.
While another said his windscreen was melted by a crashing Harrier jet.
In another case, a car windscreen was shattered by a nut thrown by a squirrel.
One car was dented when a naked pedestrian ran across it for a joke.
And another claim came after a woman put shampoo in her tank thinking it was petrol.
Monday 11 August 2008
Costly kids
Children cause more than 850,000 accidents in the home every year and the resulting damage costs nearly £230 million.
According to new research young children are the number one cause of damage in their households, and are responsible for 42 per cent of all accidents.
It may be surprising to learn that teenagers are not the biggest culprits as far as causing accidents are concerned, they account for just one in five accidents around the home or 250,000 accidents a year. Resulting in £68 million worth of damage.
With the summer holidays in full swing and the usual English summertime weather, school-age children will be in and around the home for most of the day. So parents are being warned to keep an eye on their clumsy kids.
And even those without kids can’t escape the damage they cause, because of the 850,000 accidents last year, 250,000 of them happened in someone else's home while visiting.
According to new research young children are the number one cause of damage in their households, and are responsible for 42 per cent of all accidents.
It may be surprising to learn that teenagers are not the biggest culprits as far as causing accidents are concerned, they account for just one in five accidents around the home or 250,000 accidents a year. Resulting in £68 million worth of damage.
With the summer holidays in full swing and the usual English summertime weather, school-age children will be in and around the home for most of the day. So parents are being warned to keep an eye on their clumsy kids.
And even those without kids can’t escape the damage they cause, because of the 850,000 accidents last year, 250,000 of them happened in someone else's home while visiting.
Monday 4 August 2008
Texting menace
Doctors in America have warned mobile texters that constant mobile phone use will make them prone to accidents.People who think they can text-message while walking, driving or biking are a public safety hazard, says the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).
An increase in injuries and deaths related to distracted texters across the U.S. led the college to issue a warning last week.
In a statement Dr. Linda Lawrence, said:
“Her colleagues across the U.S. are reporting cases among teens and young adults, in particular, who are arriving in emergency departments with serious and sometimes fatal injuries, because they were not paying attention while texting.”
In San Francisco, doctors reported a young woman was killed by a pickup truck earlier this year when she stepped off a curb while texting.
Her death came on the heels of another fatality last year in California, in which a man was struck crossing the road while talking to his wife on his mobile phone.
The warning comes at the same time as The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy announced that up to one in six texters are left in pain because they fire off so many messages.
Symptoms include aches and strains in the hands, wrists, arms, shoulders and neck.
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy said 16 per cent of 16 to 24 year-olds have had TMI or Text Message Injury.
212 million texts a day are now sent in the UK. Up a third on last year.
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