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Woman loses £650,000 injury claim after being seen tossing Christmas tree (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

It's pretty unjust if that's the entire reason why she was denied. When you have permanent injuries there are days that you feel more capable than others. That doesn't mean you're not injured, it means that you're feeling more capable that day and probably have a strong desire to be normal and fully functional again, so you'll push yourself. There's a high probability that your exuberance will lead to lots of pain later.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Her claim was that she couldn't work or play with her kids for five years though. Tossing trees seems like a pretty excessive activity compared to some light playing with kids or light work.

Part of me does agree since I had terrible fatigue for a few years, some days were better than others so I understand wanting to do more when you feel better but if you're in the middle of a claim to pay out 650K then it may be better to know your limits. Especially for back and neck injuries. She could have played with her kids in that time instead which is what she was concerned about for the claim.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago

Nobody is talking about the fact that she won the competition. "I feel normal today" typically doesn't lead to winning tree throwing competitions, but that's a small sample set so maybe I'm wrong.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

She won the ladies' event though. Plus

The court also saw a video of Grabska training her dog in a park for more than an hour in addition to the Christmas tree contest pictures.

Sounds like she could do everything except go to work...