Having an accident in a sports centre is likely to be due to receiving an injury whilst you have been playing sport and you may be able to make a sports injury claim. This will usually not be attributed to anything but an unfortunate accident, as well all know, accidents happen. However, in some situation it will be the fault of a third party. You may be able to make a personal injury claim after having an accident in a sports centre.
When May I Be Able to Make A Personal Injury Claim?
You are likely to be in a situation where a negligent third party can be sued for your injury if:
– You have had an accident because the sports centre was breaking a health and safety regulation, for example: more people than legally allowed to be in the gym at one time caused overcrowding which led to an accident or a cleaner failed to put up appropriate signage to warn customers of a wet floor and you slipped and fell.
– You have had an accident due to a failure by the sports centre to appropriately maintain the facilities – e.g. you tripped over on loose floor tiles
– Inappropriate supervision – if you or your child has had an accident after being left unsupervised when you had not been appropriately taught how to use equipment, or received the appropriate training to engage in an activity alone you will be in a situation when you can make a claim against the sports centre for failure to provide appropriate training.
– Faulty equipment: faulty equipment may be the fault of the sports centre for a failure to maintain their equipment appropriately, or would lead to a product liability claim against the manufacturer of the product. A product liability claim can be made on the basis of a manufacturing fault, a design fault, a failure to provide appropriate instructions and warnings or a failure to recall a product after a dangerous fault was found.
– If a person you have been engaged in a competitive sporting activity against has injured you by acting in an inappropriate manner. A misjudgement of action during a match would not come under this category but a tackle which was intentionally aggressive with the aim being to injure or maim the opponent would count as a basis for a claim against the individual.
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Contact a specialist personal injury solicitor today to see whether you have the basis for a successful claim. Call Freeman Harris on 020 7231 7150 or fill in an online enquiry for a free initial consultation with one of our team.
