What is your ability to think worth? What is the use of your arms and legs worth? How about your life?
Insurance companies attempt to assign a pound amount to your health, freedom and life after an accident. They use impersonal statistical tables to assign value to something which to you is invaluable. On the other hand, your injury experts fight for your right to receive fair compensation for your injuries and your ordeal.
Lifelong pain and living assistance
When million-pound settlements or judgments hit the news, it may sound like a lot for a victim to receive. But when your life stops after an accident, you begin to understand how difficult the aftermath of a severe injury can be. A large sum of money cannot erase the physical and emotional pain a person goes through. While a settlement can ease the financial strain, it can’t console a family who is dealing with a loved one’s severe brain or spinal cord injury. For many accident victims, recovery is a lifelong process. Years of therapy and a lifetime of challenges may result. Even seemingly huge settlements may still seem minor compared to the day-to-day difficulties a victim and their family face.
A personal injury solicitor can help
After an accident, you want a solicitor who will fight for justice and get you a dollar amount you deserve. With medical bills, lost income, and other expenses, you can’t afford to accept an insurance company’s lowball offer. Money can’t erase the pain of an accident, but it can help you get the best medical care available and help families cope with financial challenges after the death of a loved one.
If you would like to learn more about personal injury, your rights and the claims process, please visit the web site of Your Injury Experts, London-based personal injury firm Balinda & Co Solicitors
Thursday, 25 September 2008
Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Accident At Work - How To Claim?
According to the Health and Safety Executive, around 6 million working days are lost due to workplace injury each year.
In the year 2006-2007, there were 274,000 reported injuries, according to the Labour Force Survey. This corresponds to 1 injury for every 100 workers. There were 28,000 major injuries and 241 fatalities.
The most common cause of major injury at work are slips and trips, in total nearly 11,000 incidents. These account for nearly 40% of the cases.
It is believed that 70% of injuries at work could be prevented if employers put proper safety controls in place.
To be able to make a claim your injury must involve these 3 reasons:
1. You have suffered an injury.
2. Another person's actions caused that injury.
3. The other person was at least partly to blame.
Don't take it that another person has to literally hurt you by pushing you to the floor, it can be that they spilt something and left the floor wet and you slipped.
In order to make a claim, you will need to undergo medical examinations to determine the prognosis for your injuries.
So when you get injured seek medical advice straight away when your injuries are at its worst. Always try and seek advice if you feel you have a claim. Don't let the time go bye and then you start thinking i wish i made an effort to see if i have a claim.
Accident Claims explained.
All employers owe their employees a duty of care to provide them with a safe place and system of work and equipment.
Balinda & Co Solicitors are experts in all kinds of Personal Injury Compensation.
In the year 2006-2007, there were 274,000 reported injuries, according to the Labour Force Survey. This corresponds to 1 injury for every 100 workers. There were 28,000 major injuries and 241 fatalities.
The most common cause of major injury at work are slips and trips, in total nearly 11,000 incidents. These account for nearly 40% of the cases.
It is believed that 70% of injuries at work could be prevented if employers put proper safety controls in place.
To be able to make a claim your injury must involve these 3 reasons:
1. You have suffered an injury.
2. Another person's actions caused that injury.
3. The other person was at least partly to blame.
Don't take it that another person has to literally hurt you by pushing you to the floor, it can be that they spilt something and left the floor wet and you slipped.
In order to make a claim, you will need to undergo medical examinations to determine the prognosis for your injuries.
So when you get injured seek medical advice straight away when your injuries are at its worst. Always try and seek advice if you feel you have a claim. Don't let the time go bye and then you start thinking i wish i made an effort to see if i have a claim.
Accident Claims explained.
All employers owe their employees a duty of care to provide them with a safe place and system of work and equipment.
Balinda & Co Solicitors are experts in all kinds of Personal Injury Compensation.
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