Back injuries can be very painful and debilitating. For the purposes of this article, we’ll focus on serious back injury compensation. We will look at what you can claim for, expected payouts, and what’s the best direction for you to go in getting an expert claims lawyer.
What is classed as a serious back injury?
Firstly, you need to know the difference between a serious and minor back injury in the eyes of the law. A GP or a medical professional may define your back injury as serious, but that doesn’t mean the same as the legal definition of serious when it comes to back injury compensation payouts.
A serious back injury can be:
- Fractures and / or lesions of the discs / vertebrae.
- Severe muscular injuries resulting in employment difficulties, severe pain and loss of agility, and resulting in other associated factors psychologically and domestically.
- Nerve root damage resulting in loss of movement, loss of sensation, loss of bowel control, loss of sexual function, etc.
- Paralysis injuries associated with fractures of the spine.
Whilst any back injury that results in a lot of pain and discomfort can be seen as serious to the sufferer, the above is the general guidelines for when it comes to our legal definition of a serious back injury.
What are the payout ranges?
In serious injury claims it can be so difficult to give you ballpark figures. People are normally very curious to know how much they can expect to receive – but valuing your claim is all about the length and severity of the suffering, and we judge this on expert evidence from professional medical consultants.
The payout ranges for serious back injuries can range from £30,000 to £115,000. That’s a very big scale! But where you are all depends on factors such as those mentioned above when it comes to what sort of injuries you have, and how it has personally affected you.
What can you claim for?
There is the injury payout mentioned above, which is commonly called General Damages. You can also claim for Special Damages which can form a huge part of the payout. You can claim things such as:
- Lost earnings – both from time off work in the past and future lost earnings if your employability has been affected.
- Private medical care costs – whether this is in the form of operations, treatment, or scans.
- The cost of medication expenses and the cost of any devices or adaptations needed to assist you.
- Care and assistance claims – which are normally done on an hourly rate basis for any friends and family caring for you. This can make up a huge proportion of the claim if you need help with lots of things like domestic chores, for example.
What you need to do
There are a lot of factors to look at for serious back injury claims, so you need to instruct a specialist firm of personal injury lawyers with proper experience in serious injury claims to represent you for the claim. That’s always the best way to make sure you maximise your payout and get access to the best private medical care, rehabilitation care, and occupational therapy care as well.
Call 0800 634 7575 to get your back injury compensation claim started today.
