Child Injuries accident and compensation advice

Child accident and injury compensation claim example:

A child accident compensation and injury claim was made when a 6 year old child was in the back seat of a car when a driver pulled out of a side road and crashed onto the side of his child’s parent’s car. An accident compensation claim by accident solicitors obtained £2500. Injuries sustained whiplash.

A child accident and compensation injury claim was made when a 6 year old girl was sat in the back seat of the her parents.  The vehicle was on the main road which had right of way.

A driver came from a side road, failed to stop at a give way line and crashed into that side of child parent’s vehicle. The injured child sustained whiplash injuries.  The child’s mother also sustained similar injuries following the accident.

The day after the accident the injured child’s mother and the child attended accident and emergency department due to ongoing pain and discomfort which materialised the following morning.. The consultant advised that the mother and child both sustained to whiplash injuries and prescribed pain killers.

The injured child also suffered from severe pain and mood swings. She was given calpol to settle her and ease the pain. The injured child’s mother was advised by the consultant to keep her off school for several days until the pain eased.  The child made a full recovery from the whiplash injury within 4 months. The mother attended physiotherapy for 2 weeks as the pain had radiated down her back.

The Child accident and Injury compensation solicitors obtained compensation for £2500 for the child’s accident. The child’s mother also received compensation for expenses and loss of earnings.  The mother also recovered compensation.  The child accident and injury solicitors recovered £3200 on behalf of the mother.

The child accident and injury solicitors acted on a NO WIN NO FEE agreement and recovered all legal costs off the insurance company. The infant child received 100% compensation and 0% legal costs which was approved by the Court.
 
Note that that mother who instructed the child compensation injury solicitors is known as a litigation friend. The compensation payment to the infant child was approved by the Court and the compensation to be invested on behalf of the infant child until the child reaches the age of 18 years.  At that age the child then in law reaches majority and is able to obtain the compensation from the court with interest that has accumulated since the money was in court.