Child Injuries accident and compensation advice

Child accident and injury compensation claim example:

Child accident and injury claim was made when a 4 year old girl tripped over a rug at nursery. A compensation claim by accident solicitors who acted on behalf of an infant child obtained £5000. Injuries sustained a dislocation to the shoulder.

The Child accident and compensation injury claim was made when a 4 year old girl tripped over a rug at a nursery. The young child fell heavily and awkwardly onto the floor.

She was not noticed straight away as there were only a limited amount of staff supervising the children. The injured child suffered severe pain and her mother had to come into the nursery to take her to accident and emergency hospital.

The consultant explained to the young child’s mother that she had dislocated her shoulder and that she would had to have constant attention to make sure the injured child would not aggravate her injury.  The child made an almost complete recovery within 10 months from the accident although there were occasional complaints of pain from the infant child which the child would recover within 18 months from the child accident.

The Council for the nursery admitted blame as the rug was inappropriately incorporated in the nursery causing an obvious tripping hazard to the children and to staff.

The Child accident and Injury compensation solicitors obtained compensation for £5000 for the trip and fall accident. The child’s mother (known as the litigation friend) also received compensation for expenses and loss of earnings.

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.