Back Injury Claim
Back injuries can arise from many different types of circumstances, ranging from an accident at work, lifting or carrying heavy objects, falling from a height, a slip, trip or fall, through to being injured in a car accident.
The severity of an injured back can vary tremendously from someone being in pain for only a matter of weeks to someone being disabled to a point that requires the help and care of their friends and family, repeat medication, physiotherapy or even an operation.
The back and spine are very complex structures made up of a combination of bones, discs, ligaments, tendons, a spinal cord, nerves and muscles. If any of these have been damaged, the long term effects of a back injury can affect a person's everyday lifestyle and even result in unemployment.
If you have suffered a back injury in the last three years due to someone else's negligence, you may be entitled to compensation.
How to make a back injury compensation claim
To make a successful back injury compensation claim, you will first need to have had your injury or injuries looked at or treated by a medical professional - for instance, your GP.
Medical evidence plays quite a big part in the claims process and can affect how little or how much compensation you could be entitled to.
When pursuing a claim for compensation due to someone else's negligence, your solicitor will have to prove that the third party involved is responsible for your injury in order for you to be eligible to receive compensation.
There are a number of ways you can help your solicitor to prove the third party is liable for your back injury:
- If the injury to your back is visible, provide photographic evidence of your injury.
- Provide any photographic evidence that was taken at the scene of the accident.
- Provide your solicitor with any contact details of any witnesses who were at the scene of the accident.
- Inform your solicitor of the number of times you have had to attend a medical establishment and if you have also had to pay for any treatment that you have received.
- If the accident has been recorded, provide the contact name and details of the person or company that the accident was reported to.
- Keep any receipts or payslips showing any financial loss you have suffered.
Little or not enough evidence could possibly result in your claim being rejected.
How much compensation could I receive?
Your solicitor will be able to provide you with a more detailed and accurate answer to this once they have accessed the 'general damages' and 'special damages' that you are entitled to claim.
'General damages' is the legal terminology for the amount of compensation you are entitled to for the pain, suffering and effect your injury has had on your day-to-day lifestyle.
'Special damages' is the legal terminology for the amount of compensation you are entitled to claim for any financial loss or any other losses you have suffered as a result of your injury.
As previously mentioned, the amount of evidence you provide will help to support the maximum amount of compensation that you are entitled to.
At PHC Law we are specialists in personal injury and our commitment to every client is to recover the maximum compensation you are entitled to by law for both the general damages and special damages that you have suffered.