Child Injuries accident and compensation advice

Child accident and injury compensation claim example:

A child accident compensation and injury claim was made when a glass jar fell onto a young boy whilst in a supermarket with his parents. A compensation claim by accident solicitors who acted on behalf of the injured child obtained £5600 for a scarring injury to the child’s forehead.

A child accident and injury compensation claim was made a glass jar fell from a supermarket shelf and struck the infant child’s forehead.  The glass jar was stored onto a defective shelf which became unstable when the child’s mother picked up another glass jar on the same shelf.

The jar fell of the shelf and struck the child causing personal injury.  The injured child was complaining that his head was sore and felt dizzy. A cut to his forehead appeared followed by blood that was running into the infant’s eye causing further pain, discomfort and stress to the child.

The supermarket called an ambulance and reported the child’s accident in the accident book.The injured child’s parents took him to accident and emergency hospital for a consultant to check the head injury.

The consultant explained that there was a swelling and the cut will result in a minor scar to his head that that will be permanent. The injured child received consistent headaches and was absent from school for 2 weeks

Blame for the child’s accident was admitted by the supermarket’s insurers.  The plastic surgeon instructed by the child’s accident compensation solicitors advised the scarring tissue to his forehead would be minor that his hair was likely to cover the scar.  However this would not be the case if he had short hair.  The scarring tissue which was a thin line measuring about 1 inch long was permanent.  The child accident solicitors obtained £5600 in compensation.

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 infant child received 100% compensation and 0% legal costs which was approved by the Court.