seems that all the papers were carrying the story about the female fca pte who was injured while on exercise in 1996 and took a claim against the dod for neglect and breach of duty. i can't remember the exact details so forgive and correct any errors.
apparently she was wearing webbing ,backpack and carrying a rifle (presumably the fn) and was told to scale a 7ft wall . 2 others at the wall held a rifle between them to act as a spring board for her. she jumped ,failed to hold on and fell back onto her back . she was taken to hosp where she was diagnosed with 2 broken ribs.
the case was settled out of court today with no addmission of guilt .the dod had made a defence claim of no liability.
all this kind of story can do is to make more fun of the fca which is striving to be taken seriously . if you join the fca surely you should expect to have to do some dangerous training . she was intitled to claim against her injury but to argue that the training was negligent will only serve to hinder the forces development if the bean counters think that every one will make similar claims .
does any one agree or disagree
apparently she was wearing webbing ,backpack and carrying a rifle (presumably the fn) and was told to scale a 7ft wall . 2 others at the wall held a rifle between them to act as a spring board for her. she jumped ,failed to hold on and fell back onto her back . she was taken to hosp where she was diagnosed with 2 broken ribs.
the case was settled out of court today with no addmission of guilt .the dod had made a defence claim of no liability.
all this kind of story can do is to make more fun of the fca which is striving to be taken seriously . if you join the fca surely you should expect to have to do some dangerous training . she was intitled to claim against her injury but to argue that the training was negligent will only serve to hinder the forces development if the bean counters think that every one will make similar claims .
does any one agree or disagree
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