Child Injury – £3800 – Fractured Wrist
23/12/2009Child accident claim solicitors’ compensation example:
Child accident claim by solicitors, duty of care, school, teacher leaving briefcase on the floor in the class room, trip and fall, injury compensation claim. Child injuries £3800, fracture to wrist.
A child accident and injury claim was made when a 10 year old girl had tripped and fell over a teacher’s briefcase left in the class room. . The injured child was taken straight the first aider and subsequently to the accident and emergency hospital once her mother was called into the school.
The injured child’s wrist was x-rayed and was later confirmed by a consultant that her she sustained a fractured to the wrist. The injured child and her mother was advised by the consultant to rest her wrist as much as possible.
The injured child was absent from school for 1 week. She suffered from disturbed sleep due to the pain for 2 weeks. She was able to return to pre-accident level of sports and activities by within 3 months of the accident. She made a full recovery within 7 months.
The Child accident claim solicitors obtained compensation for £3800. The child’s mother (known as the litigation friend) also received compensation for expenses and losses.
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 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.
