Sue Hair Salons: Danger of Hair Salons Head Wash

Singaporeans need to learn to sue companies. Don't be afraid to win a case.

If Singaporeans sued companies for offences, those companies will be forced to bother with safety issues & there will be fewer accidents. Victims will at least be able to get correct monetary compensation even if the compensation cannot make up for the pain & suffering.

Such as town councils & contractors not maintaining the lifts. Supermarkets causing falls. All these companies can all be sued.

The great thing about western countries is that people know their rights. They know when to sue.

In case you have been observing the stupidity of the positioning of the hair washing basins in salons that force patrons to lie back in ridiculously uncomfortable & unnecessary positions...

Note that those basins can cause strokes:  https://sg.style.yahoo.com/man-wins-150000-in-compensation-after-suffering-beauty-parlour-stroke-190902902.html

Notice that nobody said it's his fault that his artery was damaged by the basin & therefore no compensation. He still went ahead, sued the damn salon & won.

In Singapore, such companies will just push the blame to the person saying it's his artery at fault & since it happened after the salon visit, there is no connection. Called "misadventure". Case closed. No need to compensate. That's how in Singapore, many companies get away with plenty of wrongdoings against individuals.

Such companies must never be allowed to escape. They are irresponsibly rich. If for example, a person walks in a shopping mall & falls on slippery wet floor, but there is no warning sign, the person can sue.

Recently, that elderly woman who lost her hand to a town council lift can sue the contractors & the town council. But did she?

A British man who suffered a stroke days after a routine haircut has been awarded $150,000 (£90,000) in compensation.

David Tyler, 45, collapsed in a business meeting two days after a salon visit. It was the result of artery damaged while his head was tilted over the basin during the wash and cut.

The official diagnoses, dubbed “beauty parlour syndrome,” is a textbook condition. Doctors believe Tyler’s corrupted artery caused his blood to clot, leading to his debilitating stroke.

Headmasters, Tyler’s local hair salon, agreed to pay him £90,000 in settlement funds after lawyers claimed that staff had failed to protect his head during the 2011 visit.

As a result the father of two spent three months in hospital, leaving with the inability to walk without a cane and permanent impairments to his vision.

This isn’t the first time “beauty parlour syndrome” has made the news this year — in March, a California woman sued her salon after suffering from a stroke.

“Several of Ms. Smith’s neurologists confirmed with her that the stroke was caused by the vertebra dissecting her artery during her hair wash,” the woman’s attorney Carree Nahama told KGTV at the time.

Doctors told the TV station that to avoid risk, people with arthritis in their neck or hardening arteries, and older people in general, should either avoid leaning back more than 15 to 20 degrees or have their hair washed face down — or skip the wash all together. But the biggest concern is regarding older shampoo sinks, some of which are not adjustable; many, though, now have reclining chairs.