Child Injuries accident and compensation advice

Child accident and injury compensation claim example

Child accident and injury claim was made when a 10 year old boy slipped and tripped whilst playing in the playground. A compensation claim by accident solicitors who acted on behalf of an employee obtained £3500. Injures sustained a minor fracture to the jaw.

The child accident and injury claim was made when a 10 year old child was playing on the slide in the playground when he was at school. The young boy slipped and tripped on a step of the slide and badly banged his jaw into the step. The injured child suffered with a minor fracture to his jaw.

The injured child was taken straight to accident and emergency hospital to get his jaw x-rayed. The consultant explained to the young boy’s parents that the results showed a minor fracture to his jaw. The doctor also prescribed him pain killers to ease the pain.

The consultant advised the young infant to be careful when playing out or making sure no one knocks into him that might hurt his jaw and would take longer to recover. The injured young child suffered with distress as the pain took a few weeks to clear

The health and safety department have advised that more than one member of staff should be looking after the children in the play ground to avoid similar accidents happening again.

Child accident and Injury compensation solicitors obtained compensation for £3500 for the trip and fall accident. The child also received compensation for expenses and loss of earnings.

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.

The child accident and injury solicitors acted on a NO WIN NO FEE agreement and recovered all legal costs off the insurance company. The child received 100% compensation and 0% legal costs which was approved by the Court.