Child Injuries accident and compensation advice

Child accident and injury compensation claim example:

A child accident and injury claim was made when a 14 year old girl was dragged underneath a roundabout in a park. A compensation claim by accident solicitors who acted on behalf of an employee obtained £2600. Injuries sustained a soft tissue injury to the ankle.

A child accident and injury claim was made when a 14 year old girl was dragged underneath a roundabout when part of a round bout collapsed when she was playing on it. The injured child suffered severe pain in her ankle. The injured child was taken to accident and emergency to under go x-rays.

The x-ray results showed the injured child that she had a soft tissue injury in her ankle. The young child was advised to rest her ankle as much as possible. The injured child was absent from school for 2 days.

The injured child could not continue her hobbies such as dancing and netball.  She made a full recovery from her ankle within 3 months.

The Local Authority admitted blame for the accident.

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.