Personal Injury Advice Service

• Injury Types
• Ankle injury
• Arm injury
• Back injury
• Damage to teeth
• Damage to the ears, tinnitus
• Dog bite injury
• Elbow injury
• friends
• Hand injury
• Head injury
• Hip injury
• Injuries to the eyes
• Knee Injury
• Leg injury
• Neck Injury
• Psychiatric injury
• Shoulder injury compensation
• Spinal Injury
• Wrist injury

Spinal Injury

Spinal injuries can cause permanent or long term paralysis and loss of sensation, bowel, bladder and sexual function. They shatter and devastate the lives of victims and their families incurring huge medical bills and an expensive lifetime of help and support beyond the financial scope of most families. If a third party was wholly or partly responsible for causing a Spinal Injury they have to pay the victim some compensation.

Compensation for spinal injuries is very high and will compensate for a wide variety of things. These include general damages such as suffering and pain caused by the injury, special damages which cover loss of earnings, all medical expenses and any free help provided by friends and relatives. Compensation also has to be paid to cover future earning losses.

The majority of spinal injuries happen at work, whilst participating in sports or as a result of a vehicle related accident. There are laws to ensure peoples safety in such situations, and if an accident occurred where all safety precautions had not been properly taken any victims are entitled to fair compensation. In the workplace an employer has to do their best to ensure employee safety and among other things provide a safe workplace, equipment and adequate training. Participants in sport have a duty to ensure the safety of their opponents, fortunately participants at almost every level of organised sport are covered by insurance. Injuries suffered as a result of dangerous challenges have to be compensated for as do those caused by unsafe equipment and playing areas. If a spinal injury is the result of a motor vehicle accident the insurance company of the driver at fault will be liable to pay compensation. In cases where the driver is uninsured compensation can be paid by the Motor Insurers Bureau.

If you believe that you or someone you care for are entitled to compensation for a spinal injury you should consult a solicitor who will be able to help you on a conditional fee basis.

U.S. Visitors: If you or someone you care about has experienced a spinal injury due to an injury such as whiplash, you might want to contact an attorney who can help you answer your questions. Injury Board offers a free ask an attorney question service and can also help direct you to a http://firms.injuryboard.com/ personal injury law firm who can help you determine whether or not you have a case.