A recent circular email arrived at my computer terminal today, the content of which I feel we must share. The article concerned an Employers Liability claim which had come into a broker where a farm hand had been knocked over by one of the farmers horses. Here, straight from the Broker’s mouth, is what occurred;

“The employee had claimed for future loss of earnings as a result of his injuries. A reasonable enough claim under the circumstances, but the claims department told me they would be contesting this. When I asked why, they informed me that the employee was actually an escaped prisoner and given he was supposed to be in prison at the time, and therefore not earning anything, they felt claiming for future loss of earnings was a bit rich!”

So it would appear that the ’employee’ had tried a bit of off the hoof thinking but was instead sent galloping back to prison with a rather long face and his tail between his legs.

Alistair