Accidents don't always happen during business hours

"Accident Claims" are no longer in a majority when it comes to the usage of the word "Accident". Many are either blaming someone for something entirely not their fault, or, making up the entire incident altogether. Not only are insurance companies spending more and more fighting fraud, but the NHS is having to cope with the excess number of people looking for medical proof to back up their fake claims. Not only does this waste tax-payer's money, it uses up valuable NHS time that should be used on the truly sick and injured.

Here are some resources about accident claims and the current state of affairs:

Accident Claims and The NHS
THE number of people faking injury to claim compensation is on the rise, a survey of GPs shows. The most common way of trying it on is to claim a whiplash injury from a car accident, the survey found. Nearly all GPs said they had seen a patient they thought was exaggerating an injury ...
http://news.scotsman.com/

More Cars More Accident Claims
INSURANCE claims from motorists involved in accidents continued to climb in the first half of this year despite beefed-up efforts to rein them in. But the 7.7 per cent increase to $370 million was small, compared with the 27.5 per cent spike for the whole of last year, noted the General Insurance Association ...
http://motoring.asiaone.com/

Fairground Accident Claim
FAIRGROUND bosses had to close down a rollercoaster ride hours before a crash left 21 people injured. The owners of Blackpool Pleasure Beach face massive compensation claims after a car got stuck on the Big Dipper and another slammed into it. Yesterday, it emerged the ride was shut down earlier that day due to problems ...
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/

Hotel Accident Claim
A toddler who sued one of the country's top family hotels for £4,000 has won a payout in an out-of-court settlement. Sheonaidh Nisbet's parents took legal action against the owners of Crieff Hydro after she was left scarred during a break at the Perthshire hotel ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/8177921.stm

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