Any injury to any area of the body can be serious, but head injuries are of course famous for being potentially life changing. Hopefully you’ve escaped with some minor headaches, lacerations, or minor fracture injuries – but either way, read on for advice about what to do and where you stand when it comes to making a claim for personal injury compensation for head / brain injuries.
Payout ranges can of course vary significantly.
Minor Head Injury Claims
When it comes to very minor brain injuries that could last between weeks and months, payouts for the injury alone can be up to £10,000 or so. I must stress that this is just for minor cases with a complete recovery; perhaps caused by a nasty but not life altering knock to the head.
There are of course many other factors to take in to account, like whether you have needed time off work or some temporary care. We can recover lost earnings and hourly rates for any care and assistance provided by friends and family.
Less Severe Head (Brain) Injuries
When we’re talking about these sorts of head injuries, it really is hard to say where on the scales you fit. It’s all about the individual case, which can be very complex indeed, and it’s all about how the individual has suffered. Concentration may be affected long term, and there may be some persisting problems with the ability to return to some form of normal social or work life. Claims like this can be worth up to £30,000 or so for the injury alone.
Moderate Category
In cases where there is a moderate difference in intellect and senses (speech, sight, etc), and where the victim is unlikely partake in most forms of employment, would fall within this category. Again, it’s all dependent on the factors when it comes to the level of the impact it has on the person’s ability to interact socially, domestically, and in an employment setting. The injury payout here can be up to £150,000 or so.
Serious Cases
It’s too difficult to go in to detail about rough payouts in these kinds of cases, and it wouldn’t be fair in my opinion. If you need advice about a serious head injury claim, we strongly suggest that you call us on 0800 634 75 75 and speak to us about how our Serious Injury Claims Team can help you.
There is a lot we need to do, and we need to try and do it in a short period of time. We need to look at:
- Setting up a care team to assist with both the mental and physical needs of the victim
- What adaptations we may need to make in the victim’s home
- Arranging for medical appointments with our experts to justify the above and to help the victim
- Contacting the Defendant immediately to look at an early acceptance of liability and arrange for interim payments for the victim
Why is this important?
The victims’ needs come first – setting up the above is something we need to look at right away. When it comes to funding, we appreciate that ‘waving a magic wand’ for funding for care and adaptations or rehabilitation isn’t easily achievable. But we can arrange for funding to be paid directly by the other side, and interim payments (part payment early before settlement) can assist with this.
It’s important to speak to the experts – as a firm of lawyers who specialise in serious injury claims, and given the fact we do not deal with any other types of law other than for injury cases, we know what we’re doing. We can also offer 100% compensation agreements whereas most lawyers will not do this.
For help and advice, call call us on 0800 634 75 75.
