The Injury Lawyers win client’s battle for manhole cover compensation
A scary statistic right here from The Injury Lawyers HQ is that we take on a lot of claims for personal injury compensation where people been the victim of a defective or missing manhole / utility hole cover. In fact, I refuse to walk over them; not out of superstition but because of just how many cases we take on involving covers breaking and / or collapsing inwards.
It can be a real fight to win claims for manhole cover compensation, but with The Injury lawyers on your side, you’ve got the best guys possible fighting your corner.
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Vehicle wing mirror injury claims advice
We have successfully won compensation claims for victims of wing mirror accidents – something that may sound a little odd until I elaborate further on the subject.
Pedestrians and cyclists are perhaps in the greatest danger of being hit by wing mirrors of normally larger vehicles. Buses that come too close to pavements, or lorries overtaking cyclists, have caused these accidents in the past. As you may be aware, their wing mirrors are fairly sizable when compared to most normal vehicles.
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Failures at Furness Maternity Ward led to baby deaths
The government have released details of an investigation in to University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust where the deaths of mothers and babies have been attributed to failings at the maternity units.
The investigation found several serious failings, labelling the maternity ward at Furness General Hospital as “dysfunctional” in this latest damning report in to NHS quality of care.
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Can a supermarket legitimately deny negligence for a slip accident?
It’s difficult to know whether your claim for a supermarket slip will be successful or not when we take it on at the start of the case. For us to be able to find out if you have a claim or not, we need to submit a claim form to the supermarket (or their insurers) and allow them time to investigate the claim.
Whether you can win depends entirely on evidence from the other side – so when can a supermarket legitimately deny liability, and what can we do about it?
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Injured on loose concrete step – advice by The Injury Lawyers
Have you had a fall on a loose concrete step?
If you have been in an accident as a result of a loose concrete step you may be entitled to make a claim for personal injury compensation. If the step has caused you to fall and you have been injured as a result then you may have the right to pursue whoever is responsible for the step that caused the accident.
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NHS Accident and emergency complaints
We know that the NHS is stretched thin in many areas but this is no excuse to be let down in your hour of need.
As specialist personal injury lawyers we represent high volumes of medical negligence victims and many cases involve the failings of the accident and emergency departments. It’s important for you to know that you have rights if something has gone wrong as a result of an A&E visit.
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How long does a work place injury claim take?
With our easy way of helping accident victims, your work accident compensation claim doesn’t have to take long to set up and finish at all.
As a firm of real injury lawyers who have helped thousands of accident victims and who specialise in work accident claims, we can settle many claims in a matter of a few months. Read on for an insight in to how we work.
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What is the lowest level of compensation for a whiplash injury?
Many people are curious to know what their whiplash claim will be worth in terms of the value of the claim. As whiplash injuries are so common, there is a lot of hearsay about how much claims are worth and it’s easy to give people estimates and averages.
But if we’re talking in terms of the minimum payouts, so you can know at least how much you will get as a bottom line, what are the amounts on offer?
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Do ALL injury lawyers take 25% for whiplash claims?
The simple answer is: NO!
I know this because we don’t have to take 25% from your whiplash claim. In fact, we can often offer far better agreements, that can save you thousands of pounds to maximise your whiplash compensation claim.
25% for whiplash claims is common though – so here’s an insight in to why this is and how the law works now.
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I slipped on a spillage in the supermarket – will they compensate me?
Supermarket slippers are a real common type of claim that people need to make when they have suffered injury and loss after a slipping accident. It’s easy for a victim to slip on a spilled food or drink product, or on floors where the area has been mopped and signage hasn’t been deployed.
If you slip in a spillage in a supermarket though, where do you stand on being able to make a claim for personal injury compensation?
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