Police officer suing victims of car theft for personal injury

[Sgt_Major]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-21168310

That's disgusting imo...

 

[Curt]

Bit of a ****er police officer then. Why would you even consider it?

 

[richie_mck]

money grabbing claim culture in full effect

You'd think the people who are there to protect and serve would have a bit more sense, clearly not.

 

[Sgt_Major]

Greed. and a loop hole that needs closed surely?

Sue your employer, not the victims.

 

[johnm]

That's a joke imho. I'm sorry lads, but that's what you signed up too.
I'm actually amazed at how that is legal.
If that goes to court I hope he/she is told where to go.

 

[Gavlar]

That's wild, surely the injury on duty awards should go through NIPB not victims insurance companies

 

[Boydie]

Also surely this is part and parcel of their job??

 

[Graham]

Psni need to make a stand and suspend or sack such spineless staff...

Hell you are a cop, expect to get rammed, injured, shot at, or killed in your line of work

 

[Sgt_Major]

If they are injured, I see no issue with making a claim for compensation. It's the target of that claim that's the problem here for me. The Victim should never be an easy target, make the claims against their work insurance. I'd imagine they maybe do, but then see this as another opportunity to get a load of cash.

 

[Gavlar]

If they are injured, I see no issue with making a claim for compensation. It's the target of that claim that's the problem here for me. The Victim should never be an easy target, make the claims against their work insurance. I'd imagine they maybe do, but then see this as another opportunity to get a load of cash.

Sure hundreads of officers are putting in hearing loss claims, and quite a few are found to be perfectly ok! Sad thing is that it's cheaper to just pay out than fight it too...

 

[Graham]

If they are injured, I see no issue with making a claim for compensation. It's the target of that claim that's the problem here for me. The Victim should never be an easy target, make the claims against their work insurance. I'd imagine they maybe do, but then see this as another opportunity to get a load of cash.

They neec to keep a hold of someone elses wife somehow lol

 

[Boabybooster]

So, say you get mugged for you phone and a cop chases the thief and falls over and hurts himself, are you then liable because he was trying to retrieve your property?

 

[Sgt_Major]

So, say you get mugged for you phone and a cop chases the thief and falls over and hurts himself, are you then liable because he was trying to retrieve your property?

Probably not, because you're not insured in that scenario. They'd have to sue you directly, which they probably cant do. but going after your insurance is another matter.

 

[Scuba Steve]

that my friend is a load of balloxs! it seems like this place is turning into america - soon youll be getting sued for fartin in public!

 

[Boabybooster]

Probably not, because you're not insured in that scenario. They'd have to sue you directly, which they probably cant do. but going after your insurance is another matter.

But say you have phone insurance or home contents that covers items out of the home, theoretically they could claim against that.

 

[stevieturbo]

It would almost defy belief in a normal society. But here, it doesn't even surprise me

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-21168310

 

[saxo_man]

Stevie this is in another thread.

 

[brendy]

Repost to be sure but it is a scandal that a police officer who signed on the line knowing full well what is involved in policing in the UK, can then go and attempt to sue an innocent bystander, victim actually.

 

[Graham]

Stevie this is in another thread.

Merged threads

 

[spaceh0pper]

LOL what next? Doctors suing patients for coming in all bloody with bits hanging off?

 

[pablo]

I havent read it all but is it more a case of the PSNI trying to recover some costs from the owners insurance company rather than a personal attack on the owner. Owners insurance will already be f**ked anyway due to the car being likely wrote off.

 

[brendy]

I havent read it all but is it more a case of the PSNI trying to recover some costs from the owners insurance company rather than a personal attack on the owner. Owners insurance will already be f**ked anyway due to the car being likely wrote off.

Not if you are claiming from the MIB.

 

[stevieturbo]

Merged threads

Cheers, on the phone so didn't spot it.

I've a novel idea. Sue the criminal. Or is that just too silly ? Or how about the victim sues the police for not preventing their car being stolen, and for any damage caused. This is why car insurance is criminal too, it allows **** like this to happen. Innocent victims treated like scum again, and to have money stolen or extorted from them

And people think I'm nuts when I rant about crap like this.

 

[Sgt_Major]

I havent read it all but is it more a case of the PSNI trying to recover some costs from the owners insurance company rather than a personal attack on the owner. Owners insurance will already be f**ked anyway due to the car being likely wrote off.

It's an individual officer taking a private case against the car owners insurance

 

[DEEJAY.B]

In this scenario its probably cheaper to lie and say
you have no insurance (car taken from driveway).