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I hope this doesn't come across as unsympathetic, but unless a pavement was explicitly advertised as safe/gritted, do the council have a legal obligation to grit the pavement? Surely that's just bad weather and bad luck?
Either way, I hope you heal up well and quickly.
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surgery and an ORIF
This is entirely pedantic so I apologise, but the ORIF is the surgery: it stands for 'open reduction & internal fixation'
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@doubleodavey
I slipped on black ice on 14th December, and broke my ankle. I have complained to the council as the pavement hadn't been gritted since the snow on the 11th. They've sent me a Highways insurance claim form to fill out.
If I fill this out, and they decide that they weren't at fault, would this stop me taking some sort of legal action? Or would I be better off going legal straight away with a no win no fee solicitor?
I suffered a bimalleolar ankle fracture which required surgery and an ORIF. Bit annoyed about it
TIA