Brian Barr Solicitors are warning fibromyalgia sufferers to be careful what they share online this Christmas.
Dec 22, 2011 -
People who suffer from the chronic pain condition Fibromyalgia (or FM) are being advised to take care when they celebrate over Christmas and be especially careful about what they post on social media sites like Twitter.This is because the information they share could be perceived negatively as part of any legal claim they may be making linked to the cause of their Fibromyalgia.The advice comes from Brian Barr Solicitors who are the leading specialist lawyers for Fibromyalgia (FM) sufferers throughout England and Wales.Fibromyalgia is a condition characterised by pain, non-restorative sleep and a host of other symptoms. It may develop spontaneously but, in many cases, it is triggered by an accident or trauma such as a sudden forceful injury to the muscles such as in a whiplash injury, injury from a fall, being struck by an object or a back sprain from sudden lifting of a heavy object. Brian Barr solicitors are advising Fibromyalgia sufferers that they shouldn’t stop celebrating Christmas but they should remember that if they have an ongoing legal case regarding their fibromyalgia they must be extremely careful about any video, pictures and information about their activities that they share online as this could be harmful to their case.This is because social networks and video sharing sites like YouTube make it easier and cheaper for the DWP and insurers to research potential claims. They just have to look up the claimant and see what an active and lively social life he or she says that they are leading. The solicitors raise an example covered by The Daily Mirror in August 2010. A claimant was seeking massive damages after an incomplete spinal cord injury but photographs posted of the claimant enjoying a lively social scene on holiday combined with a tip off from a nasty neighbour resulted in literally millions of pounds being wiped off the value of the claim.The principal of Brian Barr Solicitors summarised the advice by saying “you must remember that any case where the symptoms appear disproportionate to the initial injury attracts attention - chronic pain cases are the perfect example. Sceptical insurers and those protecting DWP purses just cannot believe that people are suffering as badly as they say they are. If those same people then boast of a busy social life and post photographs or films to prove it, attitudes will inevitably harden, perhaps to the extent of criminal prosecutions.”
People who suffer from the chronic pain condition Fibromyalgia (or FM) are being advised to take care when they celebrate over Christmas and be especially careful about what they post on social media sites like Twitter.This is because the information they share could be perceived negatively as part of any legal claim they may be making linked to the cause of their Fibromyalgia.The advice comes from Brian Barr Solicitors who are the leading specialist lawyers for Fibromyalgia (FM) sufferers throughout England and Wales.Fibromyalgia is a condition characterised by pain, non-restorative sleep and a host of other symptoms. It may develop spontaneously but, in many cases, it is triggered by an accident or trauma such as a sudden forceful injury to the muscles such as in a whiplash injury, injury from a fall, being struck by an object or a back sprain from sudden lifting of a heavy object. Brian Barr solicitors are advising Fibromyalgia sufferers that they shouldn’t stop celebrating Christmas but they should remember that if they have an ongoing legal case regarding their fibromyalgia they must be extremely careful about any video, pictures and information about their activities that they share online as this could be harmful to their case.This is because social networks and video sharing sites like YouTube make it easier and cheaper for the DWP and insurers to research potential claims. They just have to look up the claimant and see what an active and lively social life he or she says that they are leading. The solicitors raise an example covered by The Daily Mirror in August 2010. A claimant was seeking massive damages after an incomplete spinal cord injury but photographs posted of the claimant enjoying a lively social scene on holiday combined with a tip off from a nasty neighbour resulted in literally millions of pounds being wiped off the value of the claim.The principal of Brian Barr Solicitors summarised the advice by saying “you must remember that any case where the symptoms appear disproportionate to the initial injury attracts attention - chronic pain cases are the perfect example. Sceptical insurers and those protecting DWP purses just cannot believe that people are suffering as badly as they say they are. If those same people then boast of a busy social life and post photographs or films to prove it, attitudes will inevitably harden, perhaps to the extent of criminal prosecutions.”
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