Leg Injury Compensation Claim

If you have suffered a leg injury in an accident that was not your fault, then you could be entitled to make a compensation claim against the negligent party. Leg injuries can be painful and can cause severe discomfort, affecting the victim’s manoeuvrability and subsequently their way of life.

You can injure your leg in a number of ways, and usually, leg injuries are caused by road traffic accidents, sports injuries, accidents at work, medical negligence, slips, trips, and falls. These types of accidents can result in any number of injuries from bruising and swelling to fractures, breakages, and in severe cases permanent disability resulting in having to use a wheelchair or crutches.

Leg Injury Accident Claim

Compensation is awarded because it is likely that the negligent party owed you a duty of care. The amount of compensation that can be awarded following a leg injury will depend on the seriousness of the injury taking into account recovery time, degree of negligence, government guidelines, and case law (i.e. the amount of compensation that has been awarded in previously decided cases). In addition to compensation for the physical leg injury, compensation can also be claimed for psychological injuries and any other loss that has flowed directly from the accident that caused the leg injury including (but not limited to) medical expenses, care costs, travel expenses, alterations to the home, and loss of income.

If you would like to make a leg injury compensation claim, then you should speak to our personal injury solicitors** in Bristol who will help you to make a claim on a no win no fee* basis, also known as a Conditional Fee Agreement or a CFA. To ensure that your claim has every chance of being successful, you should appoint one of our personal injury solicitors** in Bristol to work on your case within three years of the date of the accident that resulted in the injury. In the case of a child, this is extended to three years from the child’s 18th birthday, i.e., before the child turns 21.