Child Injuries accident and compensation advice

Child accident compensation and injury claim example:

A Child accident and injury compensation claim was made when a boy had fallen off his bike. A compensation claim by accident solicitors who acted on behalf of the child obtained £5000. Injuries sustained a sprained wrist and a torn ligament in his right leg.

The child accident and injury claim was made when a 13 year old child fell off his bike whilst riding in a park. The accident was caused by a defective paving stone.  The bike struck the protruding stone causing the infant child to fall off his bike and land heavily to the ground in the park.  As he fell he tried to save himself with his hand but strained his wrist and torn a ligament in his right leg when landing.

Blame for the accident was admitted by the Council who was responsible for the upkeep of the park.

The infant child was taken straight to the accident and emergency hospital as he was in severe pain. His wrist and leg were x-rayed to see if there were any fractures from the accident. The x-ray results showed the young boy that he torn a ligament in his leg and that there was no sign of any fracture.  However there was severe bruising and he had badly sprained his wrist. The injured child was advised by the consultant to rest. The injured child was absent from school for 2 weeks following the accident.

The Child accident and injury compensation solicitors obtained compensation for £5000 for the trip and fall accident. The child’s parent 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.