No win, no fee claims from leftfield
Since 1987 it has been possible for consumers in the UK to make a no win, no fee claim for compensation against manufacturers without having to prove negligence. All that needs to be proved is product liability.
No win, no fee claim no. 1 This soup's too hot!'
In 2006 a Bradford man contacted a Blackburn based no win, no fee solicitors somehow believing he had a case for a valid no win, no fee product liability compensation claim.
The day before he had presented himself at a Yorkshire hospital suffering from severe internal burns. He claimed he had a valid no win, no fee claim because the soup company had failed to warn him that if he heated the soup for longer than the instructions suggested he might suffer dangerous burns.
Needless to say his no win, no fee claim for product liability compensation failed.
No win, no fee claim no. 2 You mean this car isn't a boat?!'
A man from Colorado in the USA tried to initiate a no win, no fee claim against one of the world's leading car manufacturers for product liability compensation after driving his car off a jetty into a lake.
He tried arguing to a bemused no win, no fee solicitor that since the car manufacturer had not expressly written anywhere in the vehicle manual that his road-going automobile was not a boat and in no way fit for seafaring they were responsible for his personal injuries as well as the cost of a new car.
The 51-year-old man made headlines again in 2004 when driving home from his job at a brewery his car crashed into his own house, causing severe structural damage. He was later found to be four times over the legal alcohol limit and suffering from whiplash injuries.
Once again, it is needless to say that the no win, no fee claim for product liability compensation he'd made three years earlier had been a total failure.
No win, no fee claim no. 3 This dog food isn't actually made from dog meat?!'
After trawling through endless examples of unusual product liability compensation claims, this next one stands alone as the most bizarre.
A Chinese family who emigrated to Australia found themselves short of cash in their initial bedding-in period in the country. Only the father had managed to find employment at that stage, working as a cleaner, and as a large part of his income was being spent on rent, they found themselves struggling to eat well.
In a later interview with an Australian tabloid magazine, the father of two described how he found the experience of food shopping in an Australian supermarket a new and bewildering experience.
He said, "In China dog meat is thought very special. It is delicacy for important and rich people. I saw the tins in the supermarket with pictures of dogs on them. It was cheap and seemed very good deal. So I bought many of these tins for my family and me."
Only when in front of his colleagues he opened one of these tins for lunch did he realise that they were not made for human consumption.
"I lost very much face in my new job in a new country. It made me very angry. My son lost very much face in his new school too, only he did not immediately tell me his classmates bullied him about his dog food lunch."
Two years later, when the Beijing born man had a better command of the language, he contacted a no win, no fee solicitors attempting to make a no win, no fee claim for compensation.
He did not get very far with his no win, no fee claim though. His no win, no fee product liability solicitor advised him that his compensation claim had no chance of success at all. The Chinese man, now an Australian national, hoped to argue that the dog food tins should have had clearer and more easily understandable labelling, especially as the supermarket in which he bought the tins had a high immigrant population, many of who spoke limited English.
It is worth noting that the man did not seem too troubled at the prospect of losing face' to sell the story of his failed no win, no fee product liability claim to a nationally circulated tabloid magazine for a four-figure sum.
No win, no fee claim no. 4 As evil as he is stupid
What is it about soup? A man from Georgia in the USA was recently sentenced to five years in prison as well as being forbidden from ever seeing his children again for making a fraudulent no win, no fee claim for product liability compensation.
He twice poisoned the soup of his own children: once with a cocktail of prescription drugs and the second time with lighter fluid and hot peppers in a cruel attempt to win product liability compensation from one of the world's largest tinned soup producers.
Fortunately the man's two children were fine after receiving medical attention and are now living with their mother.
No win, no fee claim no.5 Help there's a finger in my chilli!'
A woman and her husband from San Jose in California were sentenced to prison after conspiring to commit a fraudulent no win, no fee claim for product liability compensation.
They went to one of the US's largest fast-food outlets and placed a severed fingertip in a bowl of chilli then claimed that they were due compensation for the distress they'd suffered.
It all came undone for them when the fingertip was traced to a co-worker of the husband who'd had it severed in an industrial accident.
Please note, this should not be read as a guide to tipping' when in a US restaurant.
Making a no win, no fee claim for product liability
If you feel that you have valid and genuine reasons for making a no win, no fee claim for product liability compensation then you can contact YouClaim.
We are specialists in this area and our panel of personal injury solicitors have an excellent success rate in dealing with similar cases. We won't charge you a single penny at any time and you can even keep 100% of any compensation awarded.
If a company or manufacturer has behaved negligently or has in some way been liable for you suffering distress or personal injury then it is certainly worth investigating your rights.
Our legal advisors are available 24hrs a day and can be contacted in several ways. You can fill out an online claim form, request a call back at a time that suits you, or call us now on 0800 10 757 95.
