Heel injuries, whilst largely uncommon, can be very serious where fractures are sustained. Serious heel injuries can leave an injured accident victim needing surgery, a significant recovery and physiotherapy period, and permanent and / or long term problems.
There is a lot to consider when it comes to serious heel injury claims – so read on for more advice about what we look at for valuing a case like this.
The Injury
We will instruct an independent medical expert for an appointment with you to provide a report for us that we then use to value the claim. This report will identify the extent and severity of the suffering you have had to endure and what you are likely to endure in the future.
We must take in to account things such as:
- The length and severity of the pain suffered
- Length and severity of ay immobilisation caused
- The requirement of operations and hospitalisation
- The extent of rehabilitation required
- The short and long term affects of the injury on your life from all aspects – socially, domestically, and at work
The report will outline all of this – generally speaking, the more you suffer, the more we get for you.
Once we have the report we will then use the report combined with our expertise, as well as official guidelines for injury claims, to put a value on the case. For severe heel fracture and / or heel fusion cases, the official guidelines have an award bracket of £30,000 to £50,000. Where you are on this scale is entirely dependent on your individual circumstances.
Losses and Expenses
A claim doesn’t just allow you to be compensated for the injury alone – you are also entitled to recover compensation for losses and expenses incurred as a result of the injury as well. The losses and expenses claim can include things such as:
- Lost earnings from time off work
- Future lost earnings or a loss on the open labour market caused by the long term affects of the injury
- Private physiotherapy and treatment costs – of which we can arrange the funding for and then recover back as part of the case
- Medication costs, as well as costs for any splints, braces, equipment, or other adaptations you may require
- Care and assistance – which can be claimed back on an hourly rate basis even for care provided by friends and family whom are (presumably) not charging you!
The losses and expenses claim, known as Special Damages, can often be a lot higher than the claim for the injury alone in serious injury cases.
