Child Injury – £3700 – Soft Tissue Injury
23/12/2009Child accident and injury compensation claim example:
A child accident claim by solicitors was made when a child was involved in a road traffic accident. A compensation claim by child accident solicitors and obtained compensation in the sum of £3700, later approved by the court.. Injuries sustained a mild to moderate soft tissue injuries to his neck and hip.
A child accident and injury claim was made when a 7 year old boy was involved in a road traffic accident. He as traveling as a back seat passenger. He had his seat belt on and was in secure booster seat. Another car crashed into his guardian’s left side passenger’s door as it failed to stop at give way lines. The front and side air bags were deployed but the child still suffered from an injury to his right hip and neck pain.
The injured child was taken to accident and emergency hospital. The consultant advised that the child sustained a mild to moderate soft tissue injury to his neck and hip. The consultant advised the injured child to rest so the injuries can recover.
The injured child was absent from school for 7 days but had to take it easy once returning to school. The injury did not fully recover until 10 months after the accident.
Infant Approval & No Win No Fee
The child accident claim 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 accident claim solicitors is known as a litigation friend. For further details see http://childinjuries.co.uk/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.
