Can I Make a Supermarket Slip Claim?
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Common Causes of Slips and Falls in Supermarkets
A supermarket is a place many people visit at least weekly without even considering they may come to harm. All it takes is for a delay in cleaning up a spill, a pallet of stock overflowing into the aisle, or no sign on a freshly cleaned floor, and you could suffer a fracture, bruising, or concussion.
If your injury is bad enough, you may have to take time off work to recover. This may therefore mean that you are out of pocket financially. This can be because you’ve lost wages or had to pay for medical treatment.
Can I Make a Supermarket Slip Claim?
Supermarkets do all they can to entice you to shop with them, so it’s only right that they make sure you are safe while you are there. This isn’t just a moral obligation either; they are legally bound to reduce risk in The Occupiers Liability Act 1957.
You can’t claim if the accident is your fault – for example if you trip over your shoelace. But, if you have hurt yourself from a slip or trip in a supermarket that was not your fault then contact The Compensation Experts to see if can make a claim.
Proving Liability if you Slip and Fall in a Supermarket
A supermarket’s insurance company won’t willingly acknowledge that their client was responsible for your injury.
As the claimant therefore, it is your role to show that the cause of your accident was because of someone’s mistake or negligence. Not because you did something wrong.
You can therefore help your supermarket slip claim by making sure you:
- Report your accident to the supermarket at the time, or soon afterwards. They should then complete an accident report form, so ask for a copy of this for your records.
- Seek medical attention to prove you have a genuine injury from your fall. Merely falling is not enough grounds to make a slip in supermarket claim, even if the cause of your fall was negligence. You need to have been injured and also be able to prove this.
- Get contact details of witnesses who saw or heard your accident. Your personal injury lawyer may ask them for a statement to submit as evidence with your claim.
- Take photographs of the scene at the time of the accident. If you’re not able to take photos yourself, you could ask someone to do this for you.
- Ask for CCTV footage. This can be used to help prove liability for your accident.
- Keep receipts for any costs relating to the injury. This might include transport costs, medical treatment or any other out of pocket expenses you’ve incurred because of your injury.
How much compensation for slipping on a wet floor with no sign?
If you’ve been injured after slipping on a wet floor in a supermarket and there was no wet floor sign to warn you, you may be able to secure compensation.
The compensation for personal injury claims is divided into two categories: general and special damages.
General damages are paid to compensate for the pain and suffering you’ve experienced due to the injury and the impact the injury has had on you. The Judicial College provide guidance for calculating compensation amounts for a wide range of injuries. We’ve included some examples in the section below.
Special damages are intended to cover the financial effects of the injury. For example, if you’ve had to take time off work due to the injury, or the cost of any home adaptations or treatment needed.
Calculating Supermarket Slip Compensation
Typical injuries resulting from slips or trips in a supermarket are fractured bones and lacerations. Using information from the 17th Edition of the Judicial College Guidelines, supermarket slip compensation amounts range from:
Arm Injuries
The guidance states you could receive between £8,060 to £23,430 for simple fractures of the forearm.
Wrist Injuries
You could receive up to £5,790 for a very minor wrist fracture.
Ankle Injuries
For modest ankle injuries, compensation might be up to £16,770. Moderate injuries attract between £16,770 and £32,450.
Leg Injuries
Compensation can be up to £17,180 for a simple fracture to the femur (upper leg) and up to £14,450 for claims involving a simple fracture to the fibula or tibia (lower leg).
Back Injuries
Compensation for a back injury will vary greatly depending on the severity of the injury. For minor injuries, such as some strains, sprains and soft tissue injuries, you might receive up to £15,260.
Make a Supermarket Slip Claim
You won’t know if you can make a claim if you don’t ask. So contact The Compensation Experts today. Our agents can answer any questions you have in a free, no-obligation conversation.
