Welcome to CompensationInjury.eu! It’s you’re right to claim compensation for injuries that you incurred for no fault of your own. We’re here to help you. We’ll tell you if you are eligible for making an accident claim, and point you towards the people who can help you process it. It doesn’t matter when the accident occurred. In fact, did you know that you can claim compensation for an accident that occurred up to three years ago? It’s not too late, or too hard…especially with the information you can find on this site.
ARE YOU ELIGIBLE FOR ACCIDENT COMPENSATION?
Accidents happen, it’s a fact of life. The majority of compensation claims in Europe arise following car accidents, or motorcycle accidents. However, there are various types of accident and illness that you can claim compensation for.
. Car accidents
. Asbestos related
. Motorcycle accidents
. Emphysema
. Taxi accidents
. Mesothelioma
. Train accidents
. Fatal accidents
. Accidents at work
. Accidents in someone else’s home
. Product liability accidents
. Food poisoning
. Military accidents
. Medical and clinical negligence
. Dog bite accidents
. Dental mistakes
. Factory accidents
. Holiday accidents
. Forklift accidents
. Criminal assaults and attacks
. Scaffolding accidents
. Sporting injuries
. Trips or slips in a street, shop or public place
WHAT COMPENSATION CAN YOU EXPECT?
Solicitors like to split the amount of compensation you should receive (damages) into two separate categories called General and Special Damages. Basically Special Damages are all those which are easily quantifiable: loss of earnings, medical expenses, taxi fares, ruined clothes etc. Try and make sure you keep a record of any additional expenses that you incur (including receipts if you can), as this will ensure you do not forget any and that your solicitor can claim them back on your behalf.
General Damages are the more difficult as these have to be “assessed” ie some monetary value has to be placed on the pain and suffering that you have gone through, your possible future loss of earnings and how the injury may affect your general lifestyle in the future. It is an imprecise art, which depends a lot on you as an individual, your circumstances and how you recover the injuries you have. In order to get some guidance, solicitors look at past cases (precedents) which are similar (no two cases are ever the same!), and the level of general damages awarded and use these as a guideline (having increased the figures to allow for inflation). In the UK there is the Judicial Studies Board, which provides training and instruction for all judges in England & Wales, periodically issues guidelines for the assessment of General Damages in personal injury cases. Other European countries have their organizational equivalents.
WHO CAN HELP YOU MAKE THE CLAIM?
It is best to contact legal professionals who specialise in making accident claims. Their job is to make an injury claim in your name, and spearhead the case so you can get the compensation you deserve. Many services are based on a “No Win No Fee” method, which means if you lose your accident claim, you don’t pay them a penny. If your injury compensation claim succeeds, the solicitor recovers all their fees or bills (payments, costs of injury assessment, medical examinations, court fees, etc.) from the losing side or their insurance company and you should get 100% of your injury compensation.
Some people try to handle the injury claim themselves, but these are some things to consider before you decide whether you’re “ready” to take on that responsibility:
. Do you know how to make all the necessary preparations?
. Do you know how to avoid all the legal tricks, so you don’t fail because of some small detail?
. Can you handle it if the case becomes personal and emotional?
An injury solicitor is there for you! They have all the necessary knowledge and skill to handle your compensation claim. The accident injury is a problem itself and it can be just a tip of the iceberg, but it doesn’t mean that you have to sink into trouble: a compensation claim can help you financially and an injury solicitor will do that for you.