Child Injury – £5000 – Fractured Wrist
16/12/2009Child accident and injury compensation claim example:
A child accident and injury claim was made when a young child fell down stairs at school. A compensation claim by child accident solicitors who acted on behalf of the child obtained £5000. Injuries sustained fracture to wrist.
A child accident and injury claim was made when a 13 year old girl was pushed down school stairs At the time of the child accident there was no teacher or adult supervision and that a similar accident happened 12 months prior to the accident complained of.
The injured child was pushed and fell front onwards downstairs. The child suffered severe pain in her wrist, chest and soft tissue injuries to her side and back. The child’s school friend called for help. A teacher subsequently called an ambulance.
The injured child and her parents were told she had fractured her ribs and had to rest as much as possible. The injured child also suffered distress because she was unstable to continue with her social activities whilst she was recovering from the accident.
The young child was hospitalised for 1 day and was absent from school for 3 weeks. The child’s accident resulted in the family’s 2 week holiday being spoilt. Her piano lessons were affected as well as her horse riding.
The Child accident and Injury compensation solicitors obtained compensation for £5000 for the child accident. The child’s mother (known as the litigation friend) 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 infant child received 100% compensation and 0% legal costs which was approved by the Court.
