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We’ve all probably tripped on concrete paving at some point in our lives, whether it happened when we were five years old or thirty years old. At five years old we’d probably fall over, graze our knee and either get up and carry on playing or cry and run to our mum for a plaster. However at thirty years old the implications of a trip or fall can be much more serious.
As we get older falls can cause serious injuries with the impact it has on our bodies. A fall in the street may result in minor injuries such as a sprained wrist and cuts and bruises or could result in much more serious injuries such as whiplash.
A whiplash injury is caused when muscles in the back or neck area are forced to jilt either side-ways, backwards or forwards. Symptoms of this however may not develop straight away; it may take a few hours or days depending on the type of whiplash. When diagnosing the injury it is best to seek medical attention. They will then advise you on how to recover from the injury; it may be that you need to rest for a while.
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Anyone who has been injured in an accident that wasn’t their fault will be going through a frustrating and confusing time. You may be angry that you became injured in the accident, or that the injuries you endured now prevent you from carrying out normal everyday tasks. It is likely that you will be going over the accident again and again, thinking if only you’d have been a second later.
Any whiplash injury can cause serious implications on the lives of its victims. That’s why at the injury lawyers we want you to claim the compensation you deserve. Thousands of pounds of compensation go unclaimed each year, because the victims of an accident are not sure where to begin their claim.
Some people may think that making a compensation claim is extremely complicated or that they won’t get much compensation so there’s no point. Both of these are unnecessary worries. If you go on our compensation calculator at www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk and click on the part of the body where you have been injured it will give you an estimated amount to what your claim could be worth.
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When you are looking to make a compensation claim you may feel over-whelmed with the amount of injury law firms to choose from. With every one of them telling you they’re the best lawyers for the job things can get confusing. Sometimes you spend hours on Google searching to find the one for you, or you may choose follow recommendations from a close friend.
Here at the Injury Lawyers we are a small independent company, but we want to be the best. That’s why we don’t only promise you a good service we make sure you receive an outstanding service. We believe that as the injured party you shouldn’t suffer any further stress whilst justice is being done.
First of all, we offer you free legal advice, which you may or may not choose to take. That legal advice doesn’t tie you to anything with us, it is simply just to tell you everything you need to know about the claim you are looking to pursue. If after that legal advice you decide that you would like to use us as your injury lawyer then we send you some initial letters out, giving you more information about ourselves and the claim you are putting forward.
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Children’s Accidents at Leisure Centres
A day out at a leisure centre should be a fun experience for your child, whether they are swimming, ice skating or taking part in sporting activities. All leisure centres must ensure that health and safety standards are met, to provide the best possible care to their customers.
As a parent you should feel safe leaving your child with staff at the centre, because they will be qualified in whatever area of sport your child is taking part. One coach can only be responsible for a certain amount of children so it is the centres job to make sure the correct numbers of coaches are provided.
When you leave your child at a sports centre, especially for a school holiday camp, where you will be away all day, you should be asked to fill in an information form. This form should ask for information such as:
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Although compensation claims bring those to justice for the injuries they caused due to their negligence, it doesn’t take the memories or the suffering away. The after-affects of injuries can be on going for a long time. Some victims eventually make a full recovery, often with the help from professionals; others may never fully recover and face a lifetime of difficulty.
In some cases, such as accidents at work, victims have been unable to return to their work place, as injuries prevented them from doing so. For example if a contractor badly hurts his back in an accident, then he may never be able to lift heavy objects again.
Here at the Injury Lawyers we know that compensation won’t make everything ok, but it will help. Some of the clients we’ve worked with have had a loss of earnings due to their injuries, and the compensation they won has helped them with their finances. The compensation you are awarded may also help with any medical costs you have paid for. It could even go towards you making a fresh start in life, such as gaining new skills and qualifications.
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Children and Road Traffic Accidents
Look at the roads from a child’s point of view, lots of motor vehicles driving at high speeds and lots of noise. They’re a scary place, and a no place a child would want to play. However, when on their way home from school or playing outside their home – most children are faced with the possibility of crossing a road.
When we talk about children we mean those who are still at primary school. Sometimes at primary school parents do let their children walk home, especially if the school is local and not a far walk. Or even if their parents pick them up they often wonder off in front with friends or lag behind. Whatever the situation it is important that all drivers take into account the possibility of a child running out in from of them.
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When using public transport we all have a right to feel safe and free from any harm. On a bus it is the driver and the bus company who owe us as their passenger a duty of care. In order to stand to this duty of care, they should drive safely, in accordance to the speed limit, stop at designated bus stops and allow us time when boarding to sit down before they depart.
There have been many accidents on buses when the driver has failed to allow passengers time to sit down, before they depart from the bus stop. This has caused unnecessary accidents, especially amongst the elderly who aren’t as strong on their feet.
I remember a few years ago when I was on a bus to my local shopping centre, a lady boarded with a child in her arms. She was just putting the child in a seat when the driver failed to check his mirrors to make sure all passengers were seated and set off. This then caused the lady to jilt forwards, causing her to fall over, and resulted in her landing on her wrist. Passengers were shocked at the driver’s lack of care, and rushed to see if the passenger was OK.
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There are two types of brain injuries, an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). The ABI is any type of brain injury that occurs since birth, there are many possible causes such as stroke, infection, haemorrhage and medical accidents. TBI occurs if the head receives a severe blow or jolt, this can be from an accident, fall or assault and causes the brain to be damaged.
Because everyone’s brain is so unique each brain injury is different. It is dependent on a number of factors such as the type of injury, the location and severity.
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Homeowner’s Duty Towards Workmen
When we have a problem at home, say our central heating stops working, we phone the correct company to come and fix it. Then, hopefully, the heating is fixed and all is good. However that’s not always the case. Calling someone out to fix something in your home may just be the beginning to a long road of compensation claims.
When we let someone in our home to carry out a job for us, it is us who are paying them to do that job, so therefore we are employing them for the work they are carrying out on our property. This means that under healthy and safety regulations that it is us who are responsible for that persons safety.
So if you are a workman and often carry out work on other people’s houses and you trip over a floor tile or fall off a ladder it is the homeowner who is responsible. This comes after a story in the Daily Mail about a Polish builder who fell off his ladder when repairing a leak in the homeowner’s garage.
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We are Putting our Lives At Risk… By Text-Walking!
We at The Injury Lawyers talk a lot about accidents in the news – being specialists in the area, we like to think we know a thing or two about it! And there are so many hazards out there in the world just waiting to injure us that we all have to take care to avoid obstacles and hazards in our way.
We can however help ourselves in many ways; in fact, according to sources from the Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1312656/Millions-putting-lives-risk-texting-walk.html), millions of us are putting our lives at risk by texting at the same time as walking!
To quote a statistic from the report, one in 10 mobile phone users have already been injured because they are concentrating on their handsets whilst texting, taking little or no heed of any obstacles or hazards on the route. Bollards, sign posts, lamp posts, cars – these are but a few of the many things we are likely to miss if we are not paying enough attention to our surroundings whilst “text-walking”. It makes sense I suppose – it’s illegal to use our handsets whilst driving for obvious reasons.
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