Monday, 1 April 2013

Police officer sues after garage trip on 999 call


A police officer is suing a petrol station owner after apparently tripping on a kerb on his property when called to reports of a suspected break-in.

PC Kelly Jones, 33, says she injured her leg and wrist at the filling station in Thetford, Norfolk, on 25 August last year. She was not available for comment. 

Petrol station owner Steve Jones said he found the case “shocking”.

Let me get this straight, this police officer was called out to a petrol station, tripped over a kerb and is now suing the owner of the station, quick question why?

It’s her fault she tripped, and it was last year so unless she landed on her head and has suffered severe brain damage, which given she was unavailable for comment tells us she probably knows this is a bogus claim, this leads me to conclude the only thing damaged was her pride and no amount of money will replace that.

Let’s look at this a different way if I trip on a kerb in the high street am I entitled to sue the council? If so I’m off to the shops.    

I hope Officer Jones loses her case, and to rectify the situation perhaps she could:

a) Drop the lawsuit

b) Arrest herself for wasting the courts time

The only thing she deserves out of this is an extortionate bill from her lawyer(s).

This stupid suing culture has to stop, because it results in things like this which is just ridiculous.  

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