Any legal peeps here? lawyers/solicitors not sure which i need!!

Does the offered £200 cover the immediate and likely vet costs?, if it does i would leave it there, if not politely ask them for more, imo.

Originally Posted by simesb

As far as I can see you;

Have had your vet bills paid
Have had a refund on the tramp
Have had the tramp removed
Have been given £200 as a goodwill gesture.

Why do you think you deserve anything more?

Exactly. Just another case of this country doing the American thing of taking everyone to court. Its become an obsession.

Buy the trampoline again, check around for anything dangerous, replace the bolt or cut the old one down and file it off, everyone is happy. No, you shouldnt have to do it but **** happens. Get over it.

to be honest i dont know what you actually want out of this. so far they have offered you a settlement where you are £200 better off after refunding you for the trampoline and vets bills. if its not about the money, then what is it about?

Its obviously about 'getting one over' on the manufacturer. As she said, she is off work at the moment and has clearly had too much time to think about it.

My advice would be to take the money, buy yourself something nice and get back to work and exaggerate the story as much as you like to your friends... I know I would!

if you took this to court the judge would be in favour of the company supplying the trampoline.
i think that this is a great advert for their customer service. do you have the company name?

sorry to hijack but when i was at primary school i was knocked over by a big lad and broke my front teath subsequently i spent ages in the dentist and it then put me off going for years. I had to take it on the chin and spent over 1K in treatment a couple of years ago. would i be able to make a retrospective claim on the school?

Can I sue myself if I self harm........kerching.

Thanks to those who actually gave some thoughtful advice. Not so many to those who just wanted to have a go and telling me what i should or should not do and get over it!!

Originally Posted by staceylew01

Thanks to those who actually gave some thoughtful advice. Not so many to those who just wanted to have a go and telling me what i should or should not do and get over it!!

Don't think people aren't giving sound advice simply because they do not agree with your point of view. IMHO the company have done plenty enough in an attempt to compensate for an unfortunate accident. You say it's not about the money, but what do you really expect other than more money if you take it further? And even if you DID want more money, it's highly unlikely you'll get anything above what it actually cost to address the situation in terms of refunds, vet's bills etc. How do you expect someone to put a value on the stress you've experienced as a result of this?

I do feel for you (and your dog for that matter) - it'd be a crap thing to happen to anyone. And please don't think that just because I don't agree with you it means I'm having a go at you - you've just got to accept that these things are going to happen sometimes, and try and get on with life as best you can.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by staceylew01

The pertruding bolt is a design fault, and unfortunatly it takes something like this to happen for it to be realised. They are too long for the job and do not come with any covers or caps. I would put up a picture of the damage but i think it is too disturbing.

Would it be possible to put up a picture of the protruding bolt rather than the damage it caused?

I'm torn. If the trampoline was designed that you attached a knife or drill (to use other people's examples in this thread) to the structure such that they were pointing out and you could injury yourself on them if you came into contact with it, I would say it was poorly designed and the company should be liable.
However dogs & people don't usually go around bumping into things & causing themselves injury and if they did collide with, say, a branch or something, they would recoil from it rather than carry on and cause huge injury.

Sorry to hear of your dogs injury Stacey... I can`t offer any advice other than to say that this is understandably a very emotional time for you and your family. I imagine you`re all going through a whole host of emotions and maybe you should give yourselves a few days to take stock of the whole situation? don`t do anything hasty as in a few days time you might all feel differently.

Best of luck x