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How do you go about dog bite appeal help

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music4essex
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How do you go about dog bite appeal help

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Yesterday my lino gave me a letter regarding the investigation to being bitten by a dog, and they have decided it was my fault :arrrghhh

Can someone help me as I wish to appeal against the decision,
what do I need to do, I have contacted my area legal guy via email, but I wish to put something in writing to lino

If someone needs to know the decision and what they have said I can put this up , but at the moment keeping it off the board,

If two dogs come at you from different directions how do you hrow the bag down as that is one of the reasons as I did not do this as I froze that RM have said it is my fault :oops: :arrrghhh

On monday the owners son verbally abused me on my first day back at work after being off for two weeks, So i have refused to deliver the letters, but RM have not yet sorted anything out regarding this, even though they have had two weeks since the incident,

I am really frustrated and upset on their decision

Essex mum

Essex mum
spen
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Re: How do you go about dog bite appeal help

Post by spen »

how the f**k is it your fault if a dog bites you,,,
IcanthelpthewayIam
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Re: How do you go about dog bite appeal help

Post by IcanthelpthewayIam »

music4essex wrote: If two dogs come at you from different directions how do you hrow the bag down as that is one of the reasons as I did not do this as I froze that RM have said it is my fault :oops: :arrrghhh
thought you said you had left the bag on your bike and also admitted to that in an interview? if you did that you really got no chance of an appeal
music4essex
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Re: How do you go about dog bite appeal help

Post by music4essex »

[quote][/quote]thought you said you had left the bag on your bike and also admitted to that in an interview? if you did that you really got no chance of an appeal

Thanks for the heads up, but when I started my cycle delivery, at no time had I been told that you carry your bag with you, up each delivery point, and niether has anyone in my office as I asked them this morning, and consequently when walks have been tested by dom this has not been flagged up, only that you are to keep cycle in your sights which when I deliver to each address this is what I do, and since talking to other posties in my unit they all do what I do,

So my question is if you are on park n loop do you then take the golf trolley up the path with you or unclip both bags and carry them on you back to each delivery point, thoe house in question has no gate across driveway and no other access point

on our safety brief it states recommended action,( this brief was suppose to have been given out in 2008 and no one in my office has seen it before or up to now and I know I have not as I usually keep them ,

we had a little trial in our office this morning and empty bag was put over the shoulder of a postman who is quick with strap across chest and in the time I said take the bag off I had got to him before he could do this and this was my answer to dom , as a dog is a lot quicker and two dogs coming at you from different directions which one do you choose to put the bag in front of so the other one can still bite you, YES in a normal world with loads of time maybe this is the right way
but cannot see how it is,

I was bitten badly 3yrs ago and had to have therapy so it don't help when you are faced with that situation , you don't always think logically about what you are suppose to do at the time.

But thanks for the thoughts, been in touch with union rep in our area and they said to send all paperwork off to them which i am compilling at the moment.

Essex mum :wave