Child Injuries accident and compensation advice

Child accident and injury compensation claim example:

Child accident solicitors made a claim on behalf of a young girl who suffered injury in a supermarket when her thigh struck a protruding metal strip. A compensation claim was made by child accident solicitors who obtained £5000. Injuries sustained a laceration to thigh and scarring.

A child accident and injury claim was made when a 7 year old girl was shopping with her mother in her local supermarket. As the child was ahead of her mother she ran into a metal strip that protruding out of a shelving unit. She fell to the floor in a great deal of pain. Her mother came to assistance and found a deep cut to her thigh. There was a lot of blood coming from the wound.

On admission to hospital the wound was cleaned, stitches and dressing was applied. The child was in a lot of pain for a week after the accident. The pain reduced with the passage of time but persisted until 15 months following the accident.

The child also suffered from sleep disturbance and mood swings. She also began to wet the bed for a period of 2 months.  There was scarring tissue to her thigh which, whilst permanent would hardly be noticeable. A minor cosmetic blemish.

The supermarket admitted blame for the accident. The child accident solicitors pursued a compensation claim and obtained £5000 for the injuries. 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 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.