Child Injury – £3000 – Strained Back
16/12/2009Child accident and injury compensation claim example:
A child accident and injury claim was made when a young child was stepping down swimming pool ladders that were loose. A compensation claim by accident solicitors who acted on behalf of the child obtained £3,000. Injuries sustained a back injury strain.
A child accident and injury claim was made when an 11 year old girl fell as she lost balance due to swimming pool ladders becoming loose. As she descended the ladders the fixing became detached from the wall causing her to fall. As she did so she tried to hang on to the ladder which subsequently wrenched her back.
The injured child suffered was an able swimmer and despite being in pain was able to swim to the other set of ladders and climb to safety.
The life guard failed to notice the incident until after the event. The child’s parents were called and she was taken home. However the next day the pain became more intense and she attended hospital. She was advised that she had a severe strain to her back and to rest. The child continued to suffer from pain which was intermittent in nature for 13 months following the accident.
The injured child was absent from school for 1 week. Following return she was unable to participate in PE or other sporting events particularly swimming which she enjoyed for 5 weeks following the accident.
The Child accident solicitors obtained compensation for £3,000. The child’s mother (known as the litigation friend) also received compensation for expenses.
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.
