Personal Injury | Your Right to Compensation
People suffer personal injury every day through road
traffic accidents, slips and falls at work and through medical
negligence. Many of these accidents are one's own fault, yet a
vast majority are due to the negligence of others that may have
caused you personal injury either directly or indirectly,
lending grounds for compensation.
Some of the more serious injuries include: head injury, neck
injury (whiplash), back injury, and leg injury, although those
with seemingly minor injuries to other parts of the body may
also be able to claim for their pain and suffering. In addition
to receiving funds directly for the injury, you may also be
eligible for compensation due to loss of earnings if you can no
longer do your job.
The head and neck are particularly vulnerable and if you have
been injured here, you should get your injury checked out as
soon as possible. As far as whiplash is concerned, perhaps the
most common road accident injury, your injury may seem trivial
but problems can occur in the future. What started as a dull,
yet niggling, ache may become more severe in time owing to
damaged muscles, ligaments, or bones.
If you are thinking of trying for compensation, it is a good
idea not to go back to work until you have spoken to a
personal injury lawyer, as this may run against you in
any court case; they may argue that you were fit enough to carry
on working after your accident.
As far as the UK is concerned, those who have sustained personal
injury at the hands of others must file a lawsuit within three
years of the injury or risk losing out altogether. The first
thing you should do is to speak to a personal injury lawyer with
experience in dealing with personal injury cases.
It's also worth noting that many law firms operate on a no win,
no fee basis nowadays, meaning you have nothing to lose should
you not be successful in winning compensation. In addition, and
also in your favour, even if you do win compensation for your
injury, your personal injury solicitor will claim their fee from
the defence and not from the compensation you have been awarded.