Just When I thought I had heard it all.

[d2dave]

A women in Melbourne was walking through a kindergarten car park when she was swooped by a bird. Whilst ducking she had a fall and injured her back.

There have been complaints about the birds and she is now suing the council.

I feel sorry for her injuries but suing for it? Give me a break!

I hope she loses this because if she wins where will it end?

[Ausfree]

Should be suing the bird, I would think!!!!!:)

[loanrangie]

I read that and i was disgusted that some money grabbing bitch would even think of suing for that, if i was a rate payer in that council i would be infuriated.

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[V8Ian]

Cheap shot by a bird brain.

[tiddy]

A women in Melbourne was walking through a kindergarten car park when she was swooped by a bird. Whilst ducking she had a fall and injured her back.

There have been complaints about the birds and she is now suing the council.

I feel sorry for her injuries but suing for it? Give me a break!

I hope she loses this because if she wins where will it end?

And I bet the bird didn't leave its name & address either...hence why she is now doing the council. I think too many people think they live in the US where you can sue because you can.

[Homestar]

Doesn't sound like she understands the law too well around these sort of things. We have very different laws to the US for things like this. The injury will have to be shown to be persisting for 12 months and then she needs to prove negligence on the councils part before she will get a cracker - I can't see how she could argue that the council has control over where birds nest. The payout will be based on the amount of permanent disability she has suffered after the 12 months.

A friend of mine has just been through all this when seriously injured by the negligence of another (can't explain more as its still an ongoing investigation). He has been unable to work for 4 months now, but when he sought legal advice, he was told he would have to wait another 8 months to see how his injuries went and if there would be permanent disability from them. His Solicitor told him not to expect much.

My guess is she won't see a cent - the councils rarely loose these sort of things.

[BMKal]

She is probably being encouraged by some low life ambulance chasing firm of lawyers. ;)

People wouldn't be able to even begin to bring cases like this if there weren't the type of law firms you see advertising on the inside cover of the telephone directory or on the back of a box of breakfast cereals offering to take on any case at all on a "no win - no charge" basis.

Between them and the pathetic judiciary we have in this country, is it any wonder that most of us hold the legal "profession" in the low regard that we do. :censored:

[Pickles2]

I alway laugh when I hear this sort of stuff, just like I did when it was on the news last year that a Postie was refusing to go down a certain street because he was being swooped by magpies.
Jeez, I can remember going to school in Toowoomba, and we'd ride our bikes. Well the maggies'd be waiting for us, sitting up in the gum trees, & we'd see 'em coming, we'd just get our ports out & swing 'em round our heads,...great fun, never worried us at all!
Pickles.

[Ean Austral]

Im sure she will get FAAARRRRKKKK all.




Cheers Ean

[BMKal]

I alway laugh when I hear this sort of stuff, just like I did when it was on the news last year that a Postie was refusing to go down a certain street because he was being swooped by magpies.
Jeez, I can remember going to school in Toowoomba, and we'd ride our bikes. Well the maggies'd be waiting for us, sitting up in the gum trees, & we'd see 'em coming, we'd just get our ports out & swing 'em round our heads,...great fun, never worried us at all!
Pickles.

We used to ride our pushbikes to school in Ardlethan in NSW with a tennis racket jammed handle first down into our backpack. Was quite amusing to watch when a maggie swooped and smacked into the strings - they didn't often try for seconds. ;)

[d2dave]

the councils rarely loose these sort of things.

A few years ago the Berrigan council(southern riverina) was sued for over a mil when a person dived into the Murray river where it was not deep enough and he became a Quadriplegic.

He claimed the council was negligent for not having warning signs to warn dumb arses like him of the dangers of diving into unknown water. He won

It is a shame that Darwin did not kick in here. Although he is in a wheel chair he can still produce sperm so there is the possibility that he can breed.

[Homestar]

A few years ago the Berrigan council(southern riverina) was sued for over a mil when a person dived into the Murray river where it was not deep enough and he became a Quadriplegic.

He claimed the council was negligent for not having warning signs to warn dumb arses like him of the dangers of diving into unknown water. He won

It is a shame that Darwin did not kick in here. Although he is in a wheel chair he can still produce sperm so there is the possibility that he can breed.

Yeah, unfortunately we have to protect idiots from themselves. How many signs are on the river now? They would need one every 50 metres...

[sheerluck]

Yeah, unfortunately we have to protect idiots from themselves. How many signs are on the river now? They would need one every 50 metres...

Surely it would be easier to put signs on the idiots?

No, wait. That would mean many more signs. :(

[Disco Muppet]

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[sheerluck]

This is why you should Vote #1: Zombie Apocalypse.
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[Disco Muppet]

Ermm.....
Tell you what....
You ask them :D

[rijidij]

My Staffy reckons getting swooped by Magies is the greatest thing of all, she spends hours down under the gum trees taunting them, it's quite funny to watch :D

Cheers, Murray

[Basil135]

I just hope that IF it goes to court, she is asked to identify the exact offender from a line-up. :D



AND, I still believe that if we take all the warning signs off everything, it won't be too long before the problem sorts itself out.. :twisted:

[carjunkieanon]

A mate of mine won a cross country race at school because of a magpie swoop.

Everyone running knew that a magpie lived in a tree halfway up a massive hill just before the finish line. We'd all been swooped during training.

My mate was coming second, the guy just in front was terrified of being swooped so just as they got to the tree my friend shouted 'magpie' and smacked the front runner on the back of his head. He screamed, ducked, stopped running and my mate blitzed past him to carry the lead to the end.

I was waaaaayyyy up the back and only heard about it later.

[Ausfree]

Many years ago, I was a member of the CMF and we used to have live firing exercises for Bofor guns at Fort Wallace, near Newcastle.

There was a big tree near the ablutions block and a magpie used to swoop on anybody who went near the ablutions area.

We solved the problem by wearing our tin helmets, maggy didn't like those at all.:twisted:

[BMKal]

Many years ago, I was a member of the CMF and we used to have live firing exercises for Bofor guns at Fort Wallace, near Newcastle.

There was a big tree near the ablutions block and a magpie used to swoop on anybody who went near the ablutions area.

We solved the problem by wearing our tin helmets, maggy didn't like those at all.:twisted:

I thought you were going to say that you had solved the problem using the Bofors guns ............ :o

:wasntme:

[Tombie]

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During a Zombie apocalypse I will be hiding in Collingwood. :angel:

Zombie infection is transmitted through biting - And with no teeth in the local populous, should make Collingwood a safe haven.

[Ausfree]

I thought you were going to say that you had solved the problem using the Bofors guns ............ :o

:wasntme:
Well that would have solved the problem alright. Trouble is not only would the Bofor have knocked the Maggy over it would have blown the tree and the ablutions block away as well.:p

[Fifth Columnist]

What have you lot done to annoy them? :eek:
UK magpies aren't at all like that.
They vanish if you go near them.

[V8Ian]

Ours only swoop when they have eggs or chicks in the nest, it's a pre-emptive strike Laurie.

[Disco Muppet]

What have you lot done to annoy them? :eek:
UK magpies aren't at all like that.
They vanish if you go near them.

Mate, this is Australia.
Everything is trying to kill us, remember? :p


During a Zombie apocalypse I will be hiding in Collingwood. :angel:

Zombie infection is transmitted through biting - And with no teeth in the local populous, should make Collingwood a safe haven.

:lol2:
I like the idea of a zombie apocalypse.
Good fun.

[sheerluck]

During a Zombie apocalypse I will be hiding in Collingwood. :angel:

Zombie infection is transmitted through biting - And with no teeth in the local populous, should make Collingwood a safe haven.

First time Collingwood would have ever been popular. ;)

[sheerluck]

What have you lot done to annoy them? :eek:
UK magpies aren't at all like that.
They vanish if you go near them.

It's the local venomous zombie vampire magpies. The main side effect of their bite is that you fall over immediately, then feel an immense urge to see a lawyer.

[Greatsouthernland]

A few years ago the Berrigan council(southern riverina) was sued for over a mil when a person dived into the Murray river where it was not deep enough and he became a Quadriplegic.

He claimed the council was negligent for not having warning signs to warn dumb arses like him of the dangers of diving into unknown water. He won

It is a shame that Darwin did not kick in here. Although he is in a wheel chair he can still produce sperm so there is the possibility that he can breed.

Similar thing happened when a guy was body surfing at Cottesloe in 1995. He was dumped and broke some vertebrae in his neck.

It was not long after I moved to WA and I remember seeing the signs that the council eventually installed, even after common sense prevailed and they were found not negligent.

The amount of damn signs everywhere highlighting the risks of 'risky' behaviour :eek: are a bloody disgrace :mad: :angel:


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