Pages On: Neck Injuries
Suffering a neck injury is serious, and can be fatal. Our necks are incredibly vulnerable parts of our body, and even minor injuries can cause a lifetime of discomfort. As the neck supports the most vital area of our body — the head — any complications in it can cause a cascade of failures up and down the spinal column, and can potentially leave you paralysed as a result. If you’ve suffered a neck injury in an accident that wasn’t your fault, you will likely have a strong case for personal injury compensation.
Fire fighter injured in speeding car accident
Posted: 12 April 2016
Posted in: Car Accidents, Neck Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents, Spine & Back Injuries, Whiplash Injuries
A 45-year-old fire fighter, who was injured in a car accident in Bristol, has received undisclosed compensation for the injuries he sustained. Nigel Morley, from Winterbourne in Bristol, was waiting to pick up a friend’s son from the railway station in Swan Lane, when a speeding Peugeot 106 rounded a bend on the wrong side of the road and crashed into his Citroen Dispatch. Mr Morley sustained whiplash to his back and neck, rendering him unable to walk properly for several weeks. He was signed off his work for four months and…
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Devon councils payout £2.5m to personal injury claimants
Posted: 2 October 2014
Posted in: Neck Injuries, Pedestrian Injuries, Personal Injury, Pothole Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Spine & Back Injuries
Figures have revealed that two Devon councils have paid out around £2.5m to personal injury claimants in the last four years alone. The incidents included people tripping on pavements to people falling into a harbour. One of the councils, Plymouth City Council, paid out the majority at £2.1m, while Torbay Council paid out £400,000 to claimants. Both figures were disclosed following a Freedom of Information request. The highest payout made was by Plymouth Council in 2010: £105,000 to a claimant who suffered a severe back injury after tripping due to a “footway…
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40% of sufferers do not claim for whiplash injuries
Posted: 10 February 2014
Posted in: Car Accidents, Neck Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents, Spine & Back Injuries, Whiplash Injuries
A recent report has revealed that around 40% of people who have suffered a whiplash injury do not claim compensation. With some believing that whiplash is not a valid personal injury to claim compensation for, experts stress the degree of its severity. According to a study by the NHS, it takes a whiplash sufferer around 32 days to recover, but around one in five are left with severe symptoms up to as long as a year after their accident. Whiplash is a type of neck injury that is caused by a sudden…
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Neck Injury Compensation
Posted in: Neck Injuries, Personal Injury
If you injure your neck in an accident that was not your fault then you may be entitled to make a significant compensation claim. This is because the neck is fragile and because it is an important part of the body as a lot of nerves run through it. Neck injuries can be isolated or can be part of an injury to another part of the body such as the shoulders or the head. Whiplash following road traffic accidents or falls at work or in public places are the most…
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