Health and safety is important in every institution; its legislation in place to prevent people from coming to harm and suffering injuries as a result of another’s negligence.
And it’s an obvious fact that health and safety in schools is a top priority, especially as children can be more susceptible to coming to harm! So it’s never a nice thing to hear when a young person is tragically injured as a result of health and safety not being adhered to.
According to BBC reports a young girl (source) was tragically left disfigured following an incident at her school whereby a lack of clear health and safety instruction led to a pupil sustaining severe burns to her hands resulting in numerous operations, skin grafts, and the unfortunate loss of all but two of her digits on her hands.
The school has since been fined a substantial amount of money and has admitted to breaching health and safety regulations, and admitted to failing to report the incident to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) whom was only informed by the victims surgeon.
This type of unfortunate accident is never nice to hear about, and will tragically remain a problem for the young girl for the rest of her life. This type of case in personal injury, known as a serious injury case, which requires far more expertise and professionalism than a simple injury case. At the end of the day, the unfortunate young victim requires compensating for a complete change in her life for the rest of her life.
So what do we suggest if you have been seriously injured in an accident that wasn’t your fault?
Seek expert advice from an independent injury lawyer like ourselves as you must ensure that your lawyer has the knowledge and compassion to professionally handle a serious injury claim. Remember to look around and see who can offer the best advice (we have said it before and we will say it again, the choice of who to instruct is YOURS and YOURS alone!)
Unfortunately it is common for third party insurance companies to dispute that they are liable for a serious accident; especially given that they are aware that they will be paying a large sum of money out to the injured party. In many instances it is common practice for them to spend time and money in ensuring they pay out as little as possible to limit the pay out.
It sounds terrible, but the third party insurers interest and motivation is with spending as little money as possible rather than responsibly compensating an injured person for their accident.
For that reason, it is so important to ensure that a serious injury case is handled by an expert independent; who will fight hard to recover the compensation the injured victim is legally and fairly entitled to. We pride ourselves on fighting tooth and nail for our Clients.
And let’s face facts; the money recovered from compensation will be hugely important in the long term for helping an injured victim with any assistance or special requirements they may need in every day future life.
Remember, the insurers interests are in limiting the amount of money they will have to pay out. Get an expert claims lawyer on your side who will fight hard for the compensation you deserve. To find out more, just call 0800 634 7575 today.