Whiplash is a common injury which many clients approach us with after having experienced the trauma of a road accident. Having said this, however, whiplash can be experienced from accidents such as a fall. Basically, whiplash is caused by a sudden jolting of the head which causes your neck to move past its normal range of movement. So any type of accident which causes this jolting can cause whiplash.
Symptoms
The symptoms of whiplash can include:
- Tenderness, pain or stiffness to the neck
- Swelling to the neck
- Lack or even no mobility of the neck
- Headaches
These symptoms can be different depending on the sufferer and can have different levels of severity.
Valuation
The only way in which you can value your whiplash claim is by gaining the advice of a specialist personal injury lawyer. This lawyer would then proceed to obtain to a medical report which helps to quantify your injuries. To give you an idea as to how whiplash claims are quantified, the Judicial Studies Board categorise whiplash injuries into bands:
Minor whiplash injuries are worth between £1,000 and £5,000
Moderate whiplash injuries are worth between £5,000 and £15,000
Severe whiplash injuries are worth more than £15,000
The average minor whiplash claim is worth £2,500.
In order to assess which band your whiplash claim fits in to, we would look at factors such as the length of time suffering with it, the severity of the injury, the effect of the injury on your life, and whether it has exacerbated a previous condition/injury.
If you are suffering from whiplash due to an accident that was not your fault then you may have a claim for compensation. At The Injury Lawyers we are able to refer many of our clients suffering from a whiplash injury to private treatment and physiotherapy. This means the you do not have to wait on a long NHS waiting list, and the costs for the treatment are paid by the other side if the case is successful, or covered by insurance if not.
At The Injury Lawyers we have a vast amount of experience in dealing with personal injury whiplash claims. We work on a genuine no win no fee basis and give free claim assessments and this is whether we take the claim or not.
