Child Injuries accident and compensation advice

Child accident solicitors and injury compensation claim example:

A child accident and injury claim was made when a young child was a rear seat passenger in his father’s car driving to school when it was struck from the rear by another vehicle. A compensation claim by child accident solicitors obtained £3300. Injuries sustained a strain in the lower back and minor whiplash injury.

A child accident and injury claim was made when a 12 year old boy was a rear passenger travelling in his father’s car when another car crashed into the rear of their vehicle. The injured child suffered from severe back and neck pain the day following the accident.

The child was taken to hospital. Following examination the consultant diagnosed classic whiplash injury. That the child also suffered from a strain to the lower back which he would recover over time and needed plenty of rest.The injured child also suffered from disturbed sleep following the car accident which persisted for about 2 months after the accident.

The injured child was absent from school for 4 days after the accident but could not participate in his PE lessons until 3 weeks after he returned to school due to lower back and neck pain.

The Child accident and Injury compensation solicitors obtained compensation for £3300 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 the father 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.