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Child Accident Compensation – Whiplash – £3500

01/12/2009

Child accident and injury compensation claim example

Child accident and injury claim was made when a young child was a passenger in a car driven by her mother. A compensation claim by accident solicitors who acted on behalf of the child obtained £3500 compensation. Injuries sustained Whiplash to the neck.

Child accident and injury compensation claim was made when a 9 year old young child was in her mother’s car on the way to school. She was in the rear passenger seat in the car. A driver came from around the corner driving over the speed limit and crashed into the rear car. The young girl suffered from severe whiplash to the neck.

The injured child was taken to accident and emergency hospital to see a consultant about her neck. The consultant explained to the parents of the injured child that she had suffered with whiplash injuries and advised them to keep her home for 1 week to rest and keep a watchful eye on the child. The injured child missed 5 days of learning in school because of the road traffic accident. She also suffered from mild nightmares about the accident that left the child and her parents sleeping pattern disturbed and suffered travel anxiety.

Child accident and injury compensation solicitors obtained compensation for £3500 for the road traffic accident. The child also received compensation for expenses and loss of earnings on behalf of the mother.

Note that the solicitors also obtained compensation for the mother who also suffered from whiplash injuries. The child accident and injury solicitors acted on a NO WIN NO FEE agreement and recovered all legal costs off the insurance company. The child received 100% compensation and 0% legal costs which was approved by the Court.  Note that mother who instructed the child 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.

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Head Injury, Whiplash £3,900

21/07/2009

Child head injury accident example

Child head injury, school bus, headaches, blurred vision £3,900

The bus driver of a school bus braked heavily at traffic lights, which had turned red.  The bus driver was sued by the child’s head injury solicitors.  The child was 12 years old at the time of the accident and claimed compensation.

As a result of the bus driver’s actions the child was thrown forward and struck his head on the metal bar immediately in front of the child.  The school child suffered from a head injury causing headaches, dizzy spells, whiplash pain and psychological trauma.

The child was unconscious for about 5 minutes.  The dizzy spells settled within 3 months, headaches within 4 weeks but travel anxiety for a period of 12 months.  The whiplash neck pain recovered by the 9 months following the personal injury.

The no win no fee head injury solicitors acting for the child injury claim via the child’s litigation friend and mother recovered the sum of £3900 for the head injury and associated injuries.

Note: The head injury solicitors recovered the compensation claim against the solicitors acting for the bus driver’s insurance company.  On a no win no fee claim by the solicitors, the child recovered the compensation payment in full.  The head injury and whiplash claim solicitor’s recovered legal costs from the bus insurer in full.  In summary, the child did not pay anything to the instructing solicitors and received the compensation payment in full without any deduction.

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Whiplash, Head Injury £1,200

21/07/2009

Child Head Injury Claim Example

Child head injury, whiplash, shock, headaches £1,200

Whilst a passenger in a motor vehicle driven by the child’s father, another vehicle struck their vehicle from behind whilst it was stationary at traffic lights.  The child who was 6 at the time was sitting in a child seat and wearing a seat belt.  The mother who was a front seat passenger instructed the child head injury and accident solicitors.

The child and driver were thrown forwards and backwards as a result of the collision.  Thankfully there were no major injuries but the child was shaken and “shocked” following the accident.  The next day the child suffered from classic whiplash pain to his neck, which radiated down to his left shoulder.  No Win No Fee Solicitors recovered their costs in full from the other driver’s insurance company.  The child received 100% compensation without any deductions.

Following attendance upon the child’s GP the child’s pain following the injury gradually eased and the child made a complete recovery within 6 weeks.

The child head injury and whiplash claim solicitors at the infant approval hearing obtained an agreed level of compensation in the sum of £1,200.  The child’s father also recovered £1500 for his whiplash injury claim (4 months) and the child’s mother who was also in the vehicle as a front seat passenger.  She obtained an out of court settlement for £1800 for whiplash claim (5 months).  The parents recovered for car hire, car repairs, insurance excess and travel expenses.

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Child Whiplash £2,200

21/07/2009

Child Whiplash Claim Example

Child whiplash, minor head injury, back and shoulder injury £2,200

A child was injured when a car pulled out of a side road onto a major road hitting the child’s vehicle that the child was travelling in from the side.  The child’s head made an immediate impact with the car’s window causing a minor head injury.

The father and litigation friend instructed specialist child head injury and accident solicitors to make a claim for compensation.

The child also suffered from neck pain.  The pain radiated down to the child’s right shoulder and low back.  The child made a complete recovery within about 11 months from the date of the accident.

The child immediately from the accident was shaken, shocked and suffered from some minor dizzy spells.  These all resolved within a few days from the accident however.

At the infant approval hearing at court the Judge awarded the child the sum of  £2200 for the head injury, neck, shoulder and lower back pain.

The father also received whiplash compensation for £2,100 for the whiplash claim where he made a full recovery within 10 months.  The settlement by his solicitors was made out of court with the other driver’s solicitors.  The case was being dealt with on a no win no fee basis.  The father and litigation friend recovered compensation for loss of earnings (off work 4 days), cost of repairs to vehicle, car hire recovered his insurance excess.

See also No Win No Fee child head injury solicitor

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Child Minor Head Injury £1800

21/07/2009

Child Accident Claim Example

 

Whiplash injury to child’s neck, minor head injury, headaches, travel anxiety £1,800

Child accident solicitors represented an injured child who was travelling as a passenger in a car.  At the time of the accident the child was 14 years old.  The child was a back seat passenger wearing a seat belt.

As a result of the car being hit from behind by another vehicle the child and her mother who was driving the car were thrown forward and backwards as a result of the force of the impact.

The child through her mother and litigation friend instructed accident and head injury specialist solicitors.  Following an expert medical report, the opinion was that the child would recover within a period of 6 – 8 weeks.  The child was nervous in travelling a car 4 weeks.  The child also sustained a minor head injury but there were no permanent injury.  There was a minor complaint of headaches for 1 week.

The head injury and accident solicitors agreed with the other driver’s insurance company and their solicitors would pay to the child for the head injuries and whiplash claim the sum of  £1800.  The amount was approved at the child infant approval hearing.

The child’s mother also sustained whiplash injuries and recovered within a period of 3 months and recovered the sum of £1600 for her whiplash.  She also recovered the repairs to her vehicle, loss of earnings for one week and car hire for two weeks.

Solicitors dealt with the claim on a NO WIN NO FEE basis

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Head Injuries Headaches £1,800

20/07/2009

Typical Child injury Claim Example:

Child head injury with associated headaches, back injury and leg pain.  Road traffic accident. Child’s solicitors aged 11 years obtained £1800.

In a road traffic accident a child passenger suffered injury when the car the child was travelling in was injured.  The child’s main injury was to the child’s head and frontal headaches.

Initially following the head injury the child’s headaches and leg injury recovered in about 2-3 weeks.  For a further several weeks the child began to make significant recovery from sleep disturbance and the back pain.

The medical evidence presented on behalf of the child was such that full recovery would be made in about 7-9 months.  The child accident solicitors obtained £2000 for the child’s injuries.

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Head Injury Cut To Head £3,000

20/07/2009

Typical Child injury Claim Example:

School child was injured in a road traffic accident, cut to head, compensation solicitors for £3,000.

A child injury was sustained in a road traffic accident when the child, following impact in the car, causing minor head injury.   The child sustained a cut to the forehead causing scarring, bruising to cheek and other minor injuries.

The scarring tissue was about 5 centimetres’ long shortly after the accident but faded overtime to about 2-3 centimetres at the time of the infant approval hearing.  The scar was very faint and was likely to disappear when the child got older.    The child also suffered from travel anxiety for several months but again made a full recovery.

The solicitors acting for the child and litigation friend in respect of the head injury obtained £3000 compensation for the injuries.

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Head Injury – £3,000

20/07/2009

Typical Child injury Claim Example:

Child accident injury solicitors obtained £3,000 compensation for a mild head injury, headaches and neck pain (whiplash type injury).

A child sustained personal injury at the age of 14 years was knocked of his bike in a road traffic accident and suffered from concussion head injury.  The injuries to the child can be listed as follows:

  • Mild concussion head injury
  • Headaches – several days
  • Bruising and abrasions 3 weeks.
  • Bruising to leg 4 weeks
  • Whiplash type neck pain 4 weeks

There was no long lasting pain and suffering to the child following the accident.  The child accident solicitor recovered £3000 for the injuries.

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Child Head Injury – Accident on the Road

16/07/2009

Child accident Solicitors – Head Injury – Road Traffic Accident – £53,000

In a road traffic accident a child suffered from severe head injury and brain stem damage.  The child also suffered from fracture to the clavicle  and injury to the cervical spine.  The head injury resulted in permanent brain damage, with various difficulties with language, concentration, headaches and increased risk of epilepsy in addition to other injuries.

At the infant approval hearing (some 11 years after the accident when the child was 16 years) solicitors for the child advised that the child had made a good recovery from the child’s orthopaedic injuries however had a range of difficulties in respect of the head injury such as impaired memory and concentration, headaches, fatigue language difficulties amongst other symptoms.

The judge awarded the child the sum of £53,000 for the injuries but the total award was over £700,000 which the court allowed additional sums for future loss of earnings, care claim, medical expenses and various aids and equipment amongst others.

Compensation for the child’s head injury to be invested until the child is 18 years old – see Infant Approval.

Child head injury solicitors advice line click here.

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Child Head Injury – Road Accident

16/07/2009

Child Accident – Child Head Injury – Road Traffic Accident – £2,000

A schoolboy suffered injury whilst a passenger in a car.  The car was struck head on by another car.  Child accident injury solicitors acted for a schoolboy who sustained a head injury, headaches, and lower back pain.  The headaches resolved within 2 weeks from the date of the road accident.  The expert whiplash  injury doctor instructed by the child’s solicitors was of the view that the child would have made a recover from the injuries within 8 months.

The child accident solicitors obtained £2000 for the child’s head injury and other injuries described above.

The child’s compensation payment will be invested by the Court Funds Office until the child is 18 years old.

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