• What kind of compensation can you get with an Auto Accident Hand Injury?

If you have received an auto accident hand injury, you might be considering claiming for compensation. The amount you are likely to receive depends on the severity of your injury, and the effect it has had on your lifestyle. Here is a brief guide to the kinds of things you might be able to claim for.

General damages

General damages are those that are not immediately easy to quantify. For example, how do you put a price on someone’s pain and suffering? If you have decided to claim damages for your auto accident hand injury, you may be sent for an extra medical examination, so that you can be seen by a specialist expert who is experienced in estimating such things. Don’t worry about the cost of this. If you have chosen Maximum Compensation to handle your claim, the medical consultation, like every other part of the process, will be completely free of charge.

The medical professional may ask you how your injury has affected your lifestyle. When your hands are injured, it is likely that there are many things that you used to do day to day that you cannot now complete or that are painful or uncomfortable to do. For example, if you were a keen golfer or play the piano as a hobby, mention these things. After all, if your injury was the result of an accident that was not your fault, the person who was responsible for the car crash might be liable to compensate you for not being able to do these things.

Judges in this country have a “menu” of levels of compensation to guide them, which is an accepted level of compensation that they award depending on the nature and the severity of the injury. Accordingly, if you present an auto accident hand injury to your claims lawyer, they should be able to give you some kind of guide to the amount you are likely to be awarded.

Special damages

Special damages are those that are easy to quantify. For example, if you have been unable to work at all, or have had to cut your hours or overtime as a direct result of your auto accident hand injury, you will be able to calculate the financial loss that this has caused you.

Likewise, if you have had to travel to medical appointments related to the injury, keep the receipts so that you can claim for these expenses. Maximum Compensation will try to arrange medical appointments in a hospital or clinic that is close to you, but in some cases you may need to travel to another city to see a specialist.

What about legal costs?

Many claims lawyers work on a no win no fee basis. Theoretically this means that you should not pay anything if you lose your case. However, you may technically be liable for the other party’s legal costs, and some firms insist you take out insurance for this eventuality.

Maximum Compensation bear the risk of any losing costs, which means that their service is genuinely no win no fee. If you win, you keep all of the compensation for your auto accident hand injury – legal costs and other expenses are claimed back from the other party. And if you lose, you walk away without having to pay a thing.

If you want to claim damages for an auto accident hand injury, speak to the professionals at Maximum Compensation.

1. Fill in the 2 minute 'Free Online Claim Assessment Form'
2. Contact us on any of the following numbers: 08707 02 02 02 or 0800 292 2182
3. Email us at accidenthelp@100percent-compensation.co.uk or
4. Fill in the call back form and we shall call you back at your convenience.

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