Broken Leg Personal Injury* Claims
If you have had the misfortune to break your leg in an accident for which you were not entirely at fault, you may have the right to make broken leg personal injury* claims for compensation. This page explains the most frequently used procedures for making personal injury* claims for broken leg compensation in Ireland; however, at a time when you may still be in a significant amount of pain from your leg injury, it is often more beneficial to you to have these procedures completed on your behalf by an experienced personal injury* claims solicitor to ensure you receive a fair and adequate settlement of broken leg personal injury* compensation.
Qualifying for Broken Leg Personal Injury* Compensation
In order to qualify for broken leg personal injury* compensation, it has to be shown that you sustained a broken leg due to somebody else´s carelessness. This carelessness might manifest as a negligent action – such as when a car driver pulls out in front of you without looking and you break your leg in the subsequent collision – or from a negligent inaction, such as when your employer fails to adhere to health and safety regulations at work and you have a fall at work which results in a broken leg personal injury*. As long as the accident in which your leg was broken was the direct result of somebody else´s negligence, you should be qualified to make broken leg personal injury* claims for compensation.
Your Health Comes Before Broken Leg Personal Injury* Claims
Irrespective of the circumstances in which you sustained your leg injury, it is vital that you make your health your priority. No amount of broken leg personal injury* compensation will make up for a prolonged health issue which could have been avoided with immediate professional medical attention; and furthermore, if you exacerbated your leg injury by your own lack of care, the settlement of your broken leg personal injury* claim may be reduced to reflect your own contribution to your injury. This advice applies equally to keeping broken leg follow-up appointments after your discharge from hospital or if you made your leg injury worse by trying to collect evidence of negligence at the scene of your accident.
Claiming Broken Leg Compensation in Ireland
All broken leg personal injury* claims have to be submitted to the Injuries Board Ireland for assessment within two years of the accident in which your leg was broken. Although this may seem like plenty of time in which to collect evidence in support of personal injury* claims for a broken leg, it is often better to submit your application for assessment sooner rather than later, as the Injuries Board Ireland´s remit is to assess the value of compensation awards for broken leg injuries rather than allocate blame for your leg injury.
Should the negligent party deny their liability for your leg injury, or the Injuries Board Ireland´s assessment of your broken leg personal injury* claim be less than your solicitor calculates you are entitled to, you will be able to obtain an Authorisation from the Injuries Board Ireland to pursue your claim for broken leg personal injury* compensation through the courts. To delay submitting an assessment for broken leg personal injury* compensation to the Injuries Board Ireland, could substantially extend how long it takes to resolve your broken leg personal injury* claim.
Broken Leg Compensation Settlements in Ireland
The reason why so many compensation awards for broken leg injuries assessed by the Injuries Board Ireland are rejected by claimants and their solicitors is that the application form for assessment (both online and paper copy) allows little room for claimants to elaborate on the effect that a broken leg personal injury* has made to their quality of life. Although fair and adequate broken leg compensation settlements in Ireland can be resolved in court after the Injuries Board Ireland´s assessment, it is often much more effective to have a solicitor negotiate broken leg personal injury* claims with the negligent party´s insurers as soon as it is known how much compensation for a broken leg personal injury* you are entitled to.
Broken leg compensation settlements in Ireland should not only account for the pain and suffering you experienced during your accident, but also for the physical and emotional consequences throughout your recovery from a broken leg personal injury*. Therefore, if you are unable to complete everyday tasks, drive or engage in leisure and social pursuits because you have a broken leg, these factors should be included in broken leg personal injury* claims. Any psychological trauma you have experienced due to the nature of the accident in which you broke your leg or due to your immobility can also be incorporated into a claim for broken leg compensation, and broken leg compensation settlements in Ireland should also account for any financial costs you have incurred which are directly attributable to your broken leg personal injury* to ensure that you are no worse off financially than if the accident in which your leg was broken had never happened.
Free Legal Advice about Broken Leg Personal Injury* Claims
If you have sustained a broken leg personal injury* in an accident for which you were not entirely at fault, no matter what stage of the broken leg personal injury* claims procedure you have reached, you are invited to call our Free Help Line and discuss the circumstances of the accident in which your leg was broken directly with an experienced personal injury* claims solicitor. Our solicitor will answer any questions you may have regarding personal injury* claims for broken leg compensation in Ireland and provide a free assessment of your claim in order to establish whether you have a broken leg personal injury* compensation claim which is worth your while to pursue.
There is no obligation on you to proceed with a broken leg personal injury* claim once you have spoken with us and all calls to our Free Help Line are completely confidential. Please note that our telephone lines are manned 24 hours per day, 7 days per week and, if it is not a suitable time for you to speak with us right now about your broken leg personal injury*, you can request a call from an Irish solicitor by completing the form below and one of our broken leg personal injury* claims team will call you back when it is more convenient for you.