Can I Claim for Compensation?
We seem to hear information regarding personal injury claims a lot. It may be through adverts on the television or radio or a marketing person stopping you in the street. It may be for this reason that a lot more people are aware of what rights they have when it comes to claiming for injuries. In saying this, however, we have many clients that come to us needing advice and their first question is: ‘have I got a claim?’
This is why our team here at The Injury Lawyers write our blogs – to inform and educate our readers. At The Injury Lawyers we deal with all sorts of claims; some of which I have listed below:
- Road Traffic Accidents – these are probably one of the most common accident claims we receive. The system for dealing with these types of accidents was changed last year; it’s a much more simplified and more stream-lined process, making claims run at a faster pace. If you weren’t at fault in a road accident, it’s likely you have a claim.
- Clinical Negligence – if you feel you have received inadequate care from a healthcare professional, whether it’s in a hospital, clinic or GP’s surgery, then you may have a claim for any suffering and loss caused.
- Accidents at work – if you have had an accident at work and it was not your fault, then you may have a claim with your employers insurance. Accidents at work may involve a fall from a height or an injury resulting from heavy lifting; it may however be an industrial disease such as Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome developed through the use of power tools or similar vibrating equipment at work. It can be a mentally difficult task to claim from your employers’ insurer, but that is why we are here to act on your behalf. Employers have a legal duty to be covered by insurers which deal with these situations.
- Accidents in a supermarket – there are many hazards in a supermarket: these may include items falling on you from a poorly stacked shelf, slipping on a spillage that has negligently been left un-cleared, or tripping on an item negligently left in an aisle. If the accident was not your fault then you may have a claim against the supermarket.
The above list is by no means exhaustive; at The Injury Lawyers we have many more sorts of personal injury cases that we deal with. In summary, if the accident was not your fault, then you may have a claim.