Serious Injury Claims

Serious injury claims comprise of a wide-range of injuries including:

• Severe head injuries and brain injuries
• Injuries causing paralysis
• Injuries resulting in amputation
• Serious burns resulting in permanent scarring
• Multiple and complex fractures
• Injuries causing damage to the senses such as loss of vision or hearing
• Any other injuries requiring surgery or extensive rehabilitation

If the injury is of a serious nature, and fault for the injury can be attributed to another party, you may have cause to pursue a serious injury claim.

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As detailed above, there is an extensive range of different injuries that can be claimed for when it comes to making a serious injury claim. You can make this type of serious injury compensation claim for injuries suffered in a variety of settings, including:

• In a workplace setting
• In a public place, such as a sport field or shopping centre
• Accidents while on holiday
• Accidents on the road

This is not an exhaustive list of injury types or settings for which you can make a serious injury compensation claim, so if you would like further clarification on the specifics of your case then you can get in touch with our team today.

You may have sustained an injury that hasn’t been mentioned so far and are be wondering if you qualify for a serious injury compensation claim. Below we’ve included a list of many of the common types of claims we receive, but if your injury is still not mentioned, please call us and speak to one of our team of serious injury solicitors today.

Paralysis

Paralysis is the loss of muscle control in an area of the body. Paralysis is typically the result of nerve damage. Common causes of paralysis include birth injury, trauma, and medical negligence. Types of paralysis include:

• Monoplegia – single limb paralysis
• Paraplegia – paralysis of both legs (may include lower body)
• Tetraplegia (quadriplegia) – paralysis of both arms and both legs
• Hemiplegia – paralysis of one arm and one leg on the same side of the body

Amputation

You may be entitled to a serious injury compensation claim for an amputation under many different circumstances, including medical negligence and serious injury. Whatever the cause, speak to us today.  Common causes include:

• Untreated infection
• Wrong limb amputated
• Untreated vascular disease
• Late diagnosis of limb cancer
• Limb damage following an accident

Severe burns

In legal terms, severe burns include any burn covering an area larger than your hand, scolds that cause blisters, and chemical or electrical burns. It also covers burns or scalds that cause whiteness or scarring of the skin.  Types of burns include:

• Burns or scalds that cause blisters
• Chemical or electrical burns or scalds
• Large burns or scalds bigger than your hand
• Burns or scalds that cause whiteness or scarring of the skin

Multiple and complex fractures

Multiple fractures typically result from high-speed impact traumas or crush traumas. Examples for which you may be able to make a serious injury compensation claim include multiple fractures sustained in a car crash or multiple fractures following a fall from height. The consequence of multiple or complex fractures include:

• Deformity
• Instability
• Surgery to insert metalwork to stabilise the fracture
• Heavy bruising (also known as ‘contusions’)
• Extensive rehabilitation (e.g physiotherapy)
• Increased chance of developing future osteoarthritis or other degenerative changes at the fracture site

Spinal cord injuries

Depending on the severity of your spinal injury, and depending on the region of your spine that has been injured, you may require varying degrees of rehabilitation – so it is worth discovering how we could help you.  Your spinal cord injury may be classified as being complete or incomplete:

• Complete injury: paralysis below the level of the injury
• Incomplete injury: limited motor function below the level of the injury

Head & Brain injuries

Severe head and brain injuries typically result from a fall, an assault, a sports injury, or from high speed trauma such as a road accident. If you have been affected by a head or brain injury, speak to us today. Common symptoms associated with head injuries include:

Short term symptoms

• Concussion
• Slurred Speech
• Fitting or Seizures
• Lack of concentration
• Double vision or loss of hearing

Long term symptoms

• Fatigue
• Dizziness
• Forgetfulness
• Impulsive behaviour
• Uncharacteristic change in mood
• Double vision or loss of hearing

The amount of compensation that you will receive for your serious injury compensation claim will depend very much on the type and extent of the injury or injuries that you sustained as a result of the incident and there are a wide range of different compensation levels in place.