Morning ladies
I posted on here a few weeks ago about my broken leg. In brief, stood in hole in road/kirb, in the dark (on my way to work), went over on ankle and broke my fibula, off work still (approx 10 wks), having physio, ankle still sore but loads better, having problems with metatarsal caused by me distributing weight when walking (dont understand the science behind it but physio said its a knock on effect of the fracture). Ive been thinking of seeing a solicitor about making a claim, however not sure what to expect or how it works, I just want to try and cover the cost of mainly my heating bill which im not looking forward too. Because ive been in the house during this cold season the heating has been on alot more than it normally would of been if I had been at work. Ive also bought an extra sock at just short of £6 for the weight bearing boot I had to wear so I could at least wash and change my sock regularly and ive also bought some little pads from boots that goes under the ball of your foot which i hope will ease the discomfort when I return to work. They were only £5 or just under but all these things are adding up. Im a worrier, paranoid and suffer with anxiety and panic disorder and I really dont want to make myself any worse, im also negative and always think of the worse. Ive been googling lots about this and read about a guy who put a claim in against the council for some injury and it turned out his injury was due to him jumping off a wall so he ended up doing time in jail for making a false claim
Ive taken pictures of the hole and measurement etc, I dont hav any witnesses as it was too early in the morning and everyone else on my street was in bed. I only had my husband with me and he was locking the door to our house so didnt see what happened. He thought I had just sprained it, we carried on too work, I was given a different duty to do by my manager, he drove me home, mid morning and my dad took me to a&e in the afternoon cos it was soooo painful.
Night times are the worse for my panics, say if they dont believe me and put me in prison for making a false claim, even though it wasnt a false claim. Im just so paranoid but feel Im within my rights to make a claim and hopefully the council will come and sort the hole out.
Please ladies, do you have any experience with this, or what would you do??
Thankyou for reading
Clio