I know some people are strongly pro or anti Dysons, thought this might
interest:

Owain

A man is suing cleaning giant Dyson for damages after his new vacuum cleaner
sent him flying down the stairs.

At Aberdeen Sheriff Court, he said the hose extension knocked him down his
stairs as he tried to clean cobwebs.

Dyson admitted liability for the accident and the court must now decide the
amount of damages to be paid.

A Dyson spokesman: ".. Dyson would not recommend that anyone use their
vacuum cleaner while standing on a chair at of the stairs."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3840375.stm

Owain wrote:
I know some people are strongly pro or anti Dysons, thought this might
interest:

Owain

A man is suing cleaning giant Dyson for damages after his new vacuum cleaner
sent him flying down the stairs.

Good for him!

At Aberdeen Sheriff Court, he said the hose extension knocked him down his
stairs as he tried to clean cobwebs.

Dyson admitted liability for the accident and the court must now decide the
amount of damages to be paid.

I hope he gets a rich reward.
1p and costs for both parties seems about right.

A Dyson spokesman: ".. Dyson would not recommend that anyone use their
vacuum cleaner while standing on a chair at of the stairs."

Ian Stirling typed:
Owain wrote:

A man is suing cleaning giant Dyson for damages after his new vacuum
cleaner sent him flying down the stairs.

I hope he gets a rich reward.
1p and costs for both parties seems about right.

Generous ...

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Paul ...

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In message , Owain
writes

A man is suing cleaning giant Dyson for damages after his new vacuum cleaner
sent him flying down the stairs.

At Aberdeen Sheriff Court, he said the hose extension knocked him down his
stairs as he tried to clean cobwebs.

An adult, stands on a chair at the top of a flight of stairs, stretches
as far as he can with a push-fit extension hose and then sues when the
hose comes apart and he loses his balance!!!

Dyson admitted liability for the accident and the court must now decide the
amount of damages to be paid.

Dyson's insurers are crazy to admit liability (IMO).

A Dyson spokesman: ".. Dyson would not recommend that anyone use their
vacuum cleaner while standing on a chair at of the stairs."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3840375.stm



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Owain wrote:

A man is suing cleaning giant Dyson for damages after his new vacuum cleaner
sent him flying down the stairs.

At Aberdeen Sheriff Court, he said the hose extension knocked him down his
stairs as he tried to clean cobwebs.

Dyson admitted liability for the accident and the court must now decide the
amount of damages to be paid.

A Dyson spokesman: ".. Dyson would not recommend that anyone use their
vacuum cleaner while standing on a chair at of the stairs."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3840375.stm

I think the bit about sparks is bad subbing. I reckon that what
happened was the super-stretchy hose contracted, causing the user
to unbalance, and the "flash" was just a glint off the aluminium
tube section.

SWMBO has bought a Dyson. I recently cleaned the stairs, and
even with no extension tube, it is a real fight against the hose
trying to retract. Next time I might have to sneak Henry back
from the garage ;-)

Chris
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Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


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In article , "dave @ stejonda"
writes
In message , Owain
writes

Dyson admitted liability for the accident and the court must now decide the
amount of damages to be paid.

Dyson's insurers are crazy to admit liability (IMO).

I have had a few dealings with injury claims at work and insurers seem
to be very quick to admit liability and settle the claim, even when the
case is absolutely ludicrous. I am not sure why, perhaps on average it
works out cheaper than fighting the case. Unfortunately people read
about these cases and the "no win no fee" solicitors become ever more
popular.


Anyway, what does "standing on a chair at of the stairs" mean?
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Tim Mitchell

"Tim Mitchell" wrote
| Dyson's insurers are crazy to admit liability (IMO).
| I have had a few dealings with injury claims at work and
| insurers seem to be very quick to admit liability and
| settle the claim, even when the case is absolutely
| ludicrous. I am not sure why, perhaps on average it
| works out cheaper than fighting the case.

They are probably better settling even ludicrous cases, especially if they
can do so for modest amounts of compensation, than be taken to court and
have both a court judgement against them (which will probably affect the
company's insurance premiums, whereas a small compo settlement can be met
out of petty cash) and setting a judicial precedent which will apply not
only to that company but to the entire industry and is something the
insurance companies want to avoid. A few thousand in compo is less than
legal fees anyway.

Owain

Chris J Dixon wrote:

Owain wrote:


A man is suing cleaning giant Dyson for damages after his new vacuum cleaner
sent him flying down the stairs.

At Aberdeen Sheriff Court, he said the hose extension knocked him down his
stairs as he tried to clean cobwebs.

Dyson admitted liability for the accident and the court must now decide the
amount of damages to be paid.

A Dyson spokesman: ".. Dyson would not recommend that anyone use their
vacuum cleaner while standing on a chair at of the stairs."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3840375.stm


I think the bit about sparks is bad subbing. I reckon that what
happened was the super-stretchy hose contracted, causing the user
to unbalance, and the "flash" was just a glint off the aluminium
tube section.

SWMBO has bought a Dyson. I recently cleaned the stairs, and
even with no extension tube, it is a real fight against the hose
trying to retract. Next time I might have to sneak Henry back
from the garage ;-)

SWMBO has two dysons. She now has, after a huge fight which I simply
abandoned, realised that for 99% of te cleaing - i.e. teh atirs, teh
corridoprs and in teh roosmaller roms lugging a bid dyson around is a
waste of tiem, and it still neeeds emtying. My little 50 quid bagless is
now the major vacuum in teh house,..

I have noted, but not remarked, on this fact.

Chris