Many barristers hold that the compensation culture is in fact hype and imagined. They rely on the fact that the number of compensation cases going through the courts is falling. Others believe that they are wrong because the figure excludes the large increase in the numbers of claims brought to industrial tribunals and because they ignore the widespread fear of compensation. A fear of being sued, it is argued, has changed day-to-day life and this is what is meant by the compensation culture. These changes include the cancellation of school outings and the banning of ball games in the park. Bizarre judgments have also added to a sense of compensation culture; an example of such a judgment is the successful case of the prisoner who sued the prison service after he fell from a roof when trying to escape.
Question: If you discount claims that originate from employment then the view that we now face a higher risk of a claim for compensation is indeed imagined.
Options:
A. true, B. false, C. uncertain
Answer: A