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Back Injury Compensation Claims
If you have suffered a back injury as the result of an accident caused by the negligence of someone else, you may be entitled to claim compensation. Our specialist personal injury lawyers can provide expert accident claim advice on a confidential, cost free basis.
Contact The Legal Line on 0800 0328511, or by completing an online claim enquiry form.
Back Injuries
Types of Back Injury
Making a Back Injury Claim
Compensation
Our Personal Injury Solicitors
Previous Back Injury Claims
Back Injuries
Back injuries can be sustained in a variety of ways, from road accidents or accidents at work, to trips and falls, sports injuries or holiday accidents.
Examples of some common causes of back injuries include: falls from height, manual handling accidents and car accidents, amongst others.
A back injury can be very painful and debilitating, causing pain, restricted movement, and in some cases numbness, tingling or pain in the limbs. A back strain can aggravate an earlier back injury or back weakness causing more severe injury. The damage may be temporary or permanent and medical or surgical treatment is often necessary.
If you suffer a back injury, the healing process can sometimes be lengthy and this may leave you unable to work or continue with your regular activities. If your accident was preventable and it occurred due to negligence, making a personal injury claim can help, not only to compensate you for the pain of your injury, but also for any financial loss you may have suffered as a result.
Types of Back Injury
The back is comprised of a system of bones, muscles, nerves, tendons and ligaments. Injuries can occur from blunt force, for example as the result of a fall or blow from a heavy object, excessive strain from heavy lifting, or overstretching as in some sporting accidents or in the case of whiplash injuries. Types of back injury that a person may sustain include:
• Fractures
• Sprains
• Strains
• Herniated/Slipped Discs
• Nerve Damage
• Muscle Injuries
• Bruising
• Lacerations/abrasions
Some people are unlucky enough to suffer serious spinal injuries, as a result of which there can be varying degrees of permanent disability or paralysis. It is vital that cases involving such serious injuries are thoroughly investigated and dealt with by a specialist lawyer. Our lawyers have extensive experience in spinal injury cases and our Serious Injury Unit has assisted victims of catastrophic injuries for many years.
Making a Back Injury Claim
In every case medical evidence will be required and, in any personal injury claim, it is necessary to show that the person you are making a claim against owed you a duty of care, that they breached that duty of care (were negligent), and that the injury you sustained was a reasonably foreseeable consequence of that negligence.
It is important to seek the advice and assistance of a specialist lawyer with extensive experience in recovering compensation for victims of back injuries. They can collate and prepare all of the necessary evidence to put forward the claim and deal with the matter on your behalf to achieve the best possible outcome.
You should try to record as much information as possible about the accident and your injuries, including details of any medical treatment that you have received. Remember to keep receipts for any injury related costs and expenses, as these may be useful in your claim.
Compensation
There are two elements to a compensation award. The first, called general damages, is for the pain and suffering you may have gone through and any loss of amenity (perhaps an inability to wash your car, look after your garden, go shopping). The award for loss of amenity can be for a short period after an accident or for ever if that is what the medical evidence supports.
The second element of a compensation award, for your losses and expenses, (known as special damages) aims to put you back in a position financially as if the accident had never occurred. It is important to keep receipts for any expenditure you have related to the accident so that these can be reclaimed.
In serious cases, where a person is no longer able to continue their employment, this can be taken into account. Costs for care, equipment, wheelchairs, pain management treatment and physiotherapy, back supports, medications and painkillers, transport and housing modifications can also affect the calculations. If the person is still able to work but not in the same role as before, particularly if they held a public service role such as a doctor or police officer, an extra amount may be awarded for loss of ‘congenial employment’. A court can also make a financial award to recognise that an injured worker's prospects on the open labour market may be limited.
Our Personal Injury Solicitors
Our lawyers have a wealth of experience in dealing with personal injury claims of all types on behalf of injured people.
They can collate all of the information and evidence relating to your back injury and advise on the best way to pursue a compensation claim.
Previous Back Injury Claims
Our lawyers have recovered compensation for many accident victims suffering back injuries. Details of some of these cases can be found below, or by visiting our personal injury news and success stories sections:
Back Injury at Work Caused by Heavy Lifting
Walking on Ballast Causes Train Driver’s Back Injury at Work
£12,000 Compensation for Back Injury at Work
Teaching Assistant Compensated for Manual Handling Injury
Poor Manual Handling Procedures Cause Injury to Youth Centre Employee
Carer’s Back Injury Caused by Incorrect Use of Manual Handling Equipment
Compensation for Road Accident Victim Suffering from Whiplash
Compensation for Whiplash Injury in Road Accident Claim
Road Accident Victim Receives £4,000 Damages After M40 Collision
Injured Pedestrian Receives £110,000 Compensation
Back Injury at Work Caused by Pallet in Aisle
Back Injury at Work Caused by Faulty Tail Lift
Driver Knocked from Trailer in Accident at Work
Slipping Accident at Work Caused by Leaking Tap
Back Injury Claim for Employee Injured in Manual Handling Accident
Employee’s Injury at Work Caused by Faulty Flooring
Back Injury Compensation for Worker Injured in Warehouse Accident
Mechanic Suffers Back Injury in Manual Handling Accident
Hospital Employee Suffers Personal Injury Due to Unsafe Work Facilities
School Employee Suffers Back Injury in Accident at Work
Ambulance Technician Injured at Work in Manual Handling Accident
Hospital Employee Suffers Back Injury During Patient Transfer
Bus
Driver Compensated for Back Injury and Hearing Loss
Personal Injury Claim for Moped Accident Caused by Road Defect
Delivery Driver Receives Back Injury Compensation for Stair Fall
Hotel
Customer Compensated for Back Injury Caused by Faulty Chair
- Whilst working at a machine in the course of his employment, our client slipped on some oil and suffered a fall. The oil was coming from another machine which had been leaking for some time, causing oil to drip onto the smooth floor surface and thus presenting a slipping hazard. Previous complaints had been made about this but they were not heeded by his employer.
Our client struck his head as he fell and was knocked unconscious. He was taken to hospital where he was diagnosed with multiple spinal fractures and concussion. The claimant had to take time off from work as a result of his injuries and required help with day to day tasks during his recovery and was unable to resume his previous sporting activities for a considerable period. Financially there was also a loss of earnings and he incurred costs for medication, treatment and travel.
He appointed our specialist personal injury lawyers, who are experts in accidents at work, head injury and back injury cases, to assist him in making a claim for compensation. They were able to negotiate a settlement of £50,000 in damages on his behalf.
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