Child Minor Head Injury £1800
21/07/2009Child Accident Claim Example
Whiplash injury to child’s neck, minor head injury, headaches, travel anxiety £1,800
Child accident solicitors represented an injured child who was travelling as a passenger in a car. At the time of the accident the child was 14 years old. The child was a back seat passenger wearing a seat belt.
As a result of the car being hit from behind by another vehicle the child and her mother who was driving the car were thrown forward and backwards as a result of the force of the impact.
The child through her mother and litigation friend instructed accident and head injury specialist solicitors. Following an expert medical report, the opinion was that the child would recover within a period of 6 – 8 weeks. The child was nervous in travelling a car 4 weeks. The child also sustained a minor head injury but there were no permanent injury. There was a minor complaint of headaches for 1 week.
The head injury and accident solicitors agreed with the other driver’s insurance company and their solicitors would pay to the child for the head injuries and whiplash claim the sum of £1800. The amount was approved at the child infant approval hearing.
The child’s mother also sustained whiplash injuries and recovered within a period of 3 months and recovered the sum of £1600 for her whiplash. She also recovered the repairs to her vehicle, loss of earnings for one week and car hire for two weeks.
Solicitors dealt with the claim on a NO WIN NO FEE basis
