A look at a product liability claim that was made following
a trampolining accident

Every year thousands of people throughout the country are left with personal injuries as the result of faulty toys. Sadly, a vast proportion of those hurt are small children who were expecting their toy to give them joy and pleasure instead of pain and misery.

There's no worse feeling in the world than seeing your own child hurt and in pain and that's why YouClaim are here to help. We are the product liability claim experts and can help you win compensation from the manufacturers of a toy that was found to be faulty and dangerous.

We've helped a number of people make compensation claims in the past and haven't charged any of them a single penny. Our personal injury solicitors work on a no win, no fee basis and our clients have all kept 100% of any compensation they were awarded.

YouClaim - there for those who need help
One of those we helped was a young father-of-one from Portsmouth who contacted us after his five-year-old son was hurt whilst playing on a trampoline in the garden. The trampoline was bought by the father from a popular toy shop as a birthday present for his son and, using the instructions, he put it together himself.

The little boy was hugely excited about his new gift and began to use it as soon as his father had finished building it. After only five minutes of use, however, the jumping mat ripped away from some of the springs, causing the boy to fall through it and crash to the ground.

He landed awkwardly on the grass, bending his leg horribly and snapping both the tibia and fibula bones. Not only did he seriously injure his leg but he also caught his head on one of the trampoline springs as he fell, leaving him with a nasty cut that later required 16 stitches.

Not surprisingly, the father was enormously distressed at seeing his son in such a state and claiming compensation was the last thing on his mind. Some days later, however, he went back to look at the broken trampoline to find out exactly what had caused the accident.

He was shocked to discover that the jumping mat had simply torn away from the springs because it was badly designed and not built of a strong enough material. Angry at this, he took the trampoline back to the shop where he had bought it and the manager reluctantly agreed that the toy was of a fundamentally bad design.

The father wrote to the manufacturers of the trampoline but after two weeks he hadn't received a reply and so decided to take the matter further. A friend had told him about YouClaim and so he decided to find out if we could help.

Pursuing a product liability claim
He called our expert claims team and told them all about the terrible personal injuries his son had sustained and the circumstances surrounding them. We spoke to our personal injury solicitors and they agreed to take on the product liability claim and sue the manufacturers of the trampoline.

The compensation claim was undertaken on a no win, no fee basis and the father was told that he would not have to pay any money during the course of the case. He was also told that he could keep every single penny of the compensation if the claim was successful.

The personal injury solicitors representing him went all out to prove that the trampoline was badly designed and specialist engineers and experts were called in to substantiate the case.

Aware of the impending product liability claim against them, the firm responsible for the manufacture of the trampoline decided to offer a settlement instead of going to court. The father thought the offer was reasonable, decided to accept and soon received a cheque through the post for just over 17,000.

The figure included a little less than 15,000 to compensate for the pain and trauma the boy had suffered as well as 2,500 to cover initial medical and travel expenses and the father's lost wages. This was the total sum the manufacturers of the trampoline had offered and neither YouClaim nor the personal injury solicitors pursuing the case took a cut.

The little boy made a full recovery from his injuries and was back at school in less than two months. The trampoline company also withdrew their product from sale and went back to the drawing board to design a product that was completely safe for children to use.

Therefore, by making a no win, no fee product liability claim through YouClaim, the father not only won his son much-deserved compensation but also ensured that no other innocent children were hurt by a product that was entirely unsafe for use.

Make a product liability claim today
If you or a loved one has been hurt as the result of a badly designed product, you could be in a position to make a product liability claim for compensation.

YouClaim are experts in this type of claim and our personal injury solicitors have an excellent success rate. You won't be charged a single penny at any time and, as illustrated by the case above, will be entitled to keep the entire amount of compensation awarded.

So pick up the phone and give our product liability claim specialists a call right now on 0800 10 757 95.