Child Injury – £3200 – Fracture To Elbow
01/12/2009Child accident and injury compensation claim example:
A child accident and injury compensation claim was made when an 8 year old girl slipped and fell onto a supermarket floor. A compensation claim by child accident solicitors who acted on behalf of an infant child obtained £3200. Injuries sustained a fracture to the elbow.
A child accident and injury compensation claim was made when a 8 year old girl slipped and fell onto a supermarket floor. The accident was caused by a spillage on the floor from carton of juice that had been knocked off the shelf. The injured child suffered from a fracture to the elbow.
The injured child suffered severe pain and was taken to accident and emergency hospital to get her elbow x-rayed. The x-ray results showed that the young child had fractured her elbow.
The injured child’s mother was advised by the consultant to make sure the young child rests her elbow as much as possible and avoid knocking it for the elbow to heal. The injured child was absent from school for 2.5 weeks after the child accident. She missed out on her learning and had to catch up with school once she returned.
The injured child suffered from painful fracture to the elbow, shock sleep disturbance. She made a full recovery within 9 months from the child accident injury.
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.
