{"product_id":"vragen-63005-goedendag-inmiddels-alweer-anderhalve-week-geleden-heb-een-ongeval-op-de-sportschool-gehad-het-geb","title":"Legal advice after sports injury | Legal advice","description":"\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n Good day, \nIt's been a week and a half since I had an accident at the gym. It happened like this: I had a (brand new) elastic exercise band in my hand while I was doing squats. When the band was stretched to its maximum, the elastic tore. The band pulled on my thumb. Since it was late afternoon, I had to go to the emergency room to have an X-ray taken. I used up my deductible. Nothing was broken, but the suspicion was that I had skier's thumb. That's why my hand was put in a cast. Up until now, my hand is still in a cast and I don't know what the further consequences will be. In any case, I couldn't go back to work.\n I asked the health insurance for advice. However, via their recovery service I was informed that it was a one-sided accident and that they could therefore do nothing for me. \nI would like to continue working out at that gym, I don't have to pay the lowest price and I am friends with the gym owner. I find it difficult to bring this up but would still like your advice because I find it sour that I have now lost my own risk.\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Lawyer\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n Sorry to hear you had an accident at the gym. I wish you a speedy recovery.\n\n Precisely because you are friends with the owner, it seems to me that you can discuss the situation in good consultation and thus arrive at a solution for the damage you have suffered.\n\n There are also legal issues associated with the accident:\n Did the gym owner report the accident to his liability insurance?\n Does your employer know how your injury occurred? Does your employer have damages? If so, these can be recovered from (the liability insurance of) the gym owner.\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e \nThank you for your response, I will ask the employer what his position is. The gym owner reported it and asked me to put the costs incurred on paper - but this is still difficult to indicate since I have not yet completed my treatment. And how far should you go. On the one hand the feeling that it is not my fault - on the other hand I do not think the gym owner is guilty either. He is the victim of the fact that the material was not good. (new and tested).\n\n Furthermore, I find it strange that the health insurance wants to recover the costs. Or is that usual in such an accident?\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Lawyer\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n Perhaps the gym owner can hold the supplier of that equipment liable.\n\n The fact is that the gym owner is liable for your damages and costs.\n\n Just now that someone can be held liable, the health insurer will also want to recover their damages. That is certainly common.\n\n","brand":"Rechtswinkel.nl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55004417261917,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rechtswinkel.nl\/en\/products\/vragen-63005-goedendag-inmiddels-alweer-anderhalve-week-geleden-heb-een-ongeval-op-de-sportschool-gehad-het-geb","provider":"Rechtswinkel.nl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}