Having ruptured practically all the ligaments in one of my knee a couple of years back, I’m well aware of the painstakingly lengthy process involved in recovering for a ruptured ligament injury. The Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) is the accompaniment of the more famous Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) which is injured commonly during sporting activities like football. You may remember the famous case of Michael Owen damaging his ACL back in 2006.
My understanding is that it’s a little harder to rupture the PCL with all the other ligaments surviving. Normally the PCL is the survivor. When I did mine, I ruptured all of them except for the ACL which instead snapped off the bone (which is easier to reattach) and the PCL which was severely stretched and bruised. The rest were completely destroyed and required replacement.
But coming back to the main topic of this article, what kind of injury compensation payouts can you expect if you have ruptured your PCL ligament?
We value your claim based on medical evidence which shows the severity and the effect of the injury on you. We then use our vast wealth of experience as an expert injury lawyer firm, together with official guidelines, to value the claim. When it comes to a PCL rupture we need to look at the pain and inconvenience of:
- Having to have invasive surgery
- Being unable to weight bare for up to three months or longer
- Going through a lengthy period of physical rehabilitation – which can be up to six to nine months or longer
- The effect all of this has on your domestic and social life
- The effect this has on your physical ability to partake in activities like sports (which may be lifelong)
We can also recover lost earnings and any medical expenses or travel costs to and from appointments as well.
The official guidelines say that the payouts awarded can be in the region of around £20,000 to £40,000. But where you fit on this bracket, or indeed whether you exceed it or not, is down to the individual circumstances and effect of your injury.
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