McUK
Well.. Long story short.. I got called from work from my letting agent to be told that there are high amount of Carbon monoxide coming out my house. So much that it set of the carbon monoxide alarm in the flat upstairs!
The reading on the meter reading came out at 99,999 ppm and a considered high is 50ppm. I was told if i was asleep i wouldve died!
Few days in a hotel which have been paid by the landlord, The engineer has said that there was a fault from the boiler and as the flue was covered in plants that it trapped the co2 and went through my en-suite extractor fan and entered the house!
My doctor has said i have had high levels of Co2 in my system and has been recorded on my medical record. Apart from the landlord paying for my hotels would i be entitled to any compensation or anything because of this? Considering i nearly died!
I look forward to your response.
CW - "My doctor has said i have had high levels of Co2 in my system and has been recorded on my medical record"
Answer
Were you permanently harmed or do you require any special treatment because of the elevated levels in your system? Is this a situation that will return to normal once the exposure is reduced?
In order to recover in a lawsuit you must have suffered a documented injury. Merely having elevated levels of one gas may not be considered an "injury." Also, you would have to show that your landlord was negligent, and that negligence was the cause of the elevated levels in your unit. You cannot recover for an injury you "nearly" suffered; only for those you actually suffered.
Also, carbon monoxide is CO. Carbon dioxide is CO2.
Were you permanently harmed or do you require any special treatment because of the elevated levels in your system? Is this a situation that will return to normal once the exposure is reduced?
In order to recover in a lawsuit you must have suffered a documented injury. Merely having elevated levels of one gas may not be considered an "injury." Also, you would have to show that your landlord was negligent, and that negligence was the cause of the elevated levels in your unit. You cannot recover for an injury you "nearly" suffered; only for those you actually suffered.
Also, carbon monoxide is CO. Carbon dioxide is CO2.
Rented Accomidation Carbon Monoxide Compensation?
McUK
Well.. Long story short.. I got called from work from my letting agent to be told that there are high amount of Carbon monoxide coming out my house. So much that it set of the carbon monoxide alarm in the flat upstairs!
The reading on the meter reading came out at 99,999 ppm and a considered high is 50ppm. I was told if i was asleep i wouldve died!
Few days in a hotel which have been paid by the landlord, The engineer has said that there was a fault from the boiler and as the flue was covered in plants that it trapped the co2 and went through my en-suite extractor fan and entered the house!
My doctor has said i have had high levels of Co2 in my system and has been recorded on my medical record. Apart from the landlord paying for my hotels would i be entitled to any compensation or anything because of this? Considering i nearly died!
I look forward to your response.
Answer
Only your medical costs if those were not covered by insurance.
Sorry, but you need to actually die or be disabled in some way in order to cash in on this event.
You didn't nearly die. You could have become ill and I suppose died, but you didn't. Courts don't award damages for "what ifs", they only award damages for what you incurred as the result of someone elses negligence.
Only your medical costs if those were not covered by insurance.
Sorry, but you need to actually die or be disabled in some way in order to cash in on this event.
You didn't nearly die. You could have become ill and I suppose died, but you didn't. Courts don't award damages for "what ifs", they only award damages for what you incurred as the result of someone elses negligence.
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