• What compensation is available for a Motor Accident Back Injury?

A motor accident back injury can affect your life in a number of different ways. Perhaps you have had to give up work, reduce your hours or stop some of the sports activities you enjoy in your spare time. If the road traffic accident that you were involved in was not your fault, you could be eligible for compensation.

Multi-million pound figures are often thrown around in the media for personal injury cases, but these are the unusual cases that hit the headlines. The sums awarded for everyday road traffic accidents are usually more modest. Nevertheless, it could still be worth your while to claim.

So what kind of compensation does a motor accident back injury attract? The law splits the kinds of damages available into general and special damages.

General damages

General damages are those that are difficult to quantify from looking at the non medical evidence. How can you measure someone’s pain or suffering? There is a tariff that judges, lawyers and insurance companies use as a starting point to base claims and negotiations on. However, no two accident victims have the same experience of motor accident back injury.

To ascertain what would be an appropriate level of compensation, your personal injury lawyer might send you to a medical professional who specialises in back injuries. If you have instructed Maximum Compensation to act for you, you will not have to pay for this appointment. We will bear the cost of these types of out of pocket expenses, and recoup them from the other party if your claim is successful.

When you are being interviewed by your medical and legal team, feel free to mention anything that you think could be relevant. For example, if playing football for your local side was important to you but is now unbearably painful since the accident, this is a significant loss in your life for which you might be able to claim compensation.

Your lawyers and doctors will between them decide on a suitable amount to claim for your pain and suffering under the general damages heading, and put this forward to the other party.

Special damages

Special damages are those that are easy to quantify. So for example, you can prove how much you have lost in earnings thanks to the injury by showing your bank statements from the period of time before the road traffic accident forced you to stop work.

Costs and expenses

If you win your claim, your costs and expenses are usually met by the person who was responsible for your motor accident back injury. However, on losing your claim some claimants find themselves liable for their opponent’s costs and numerous medical expenses that cannot be recovered. Maximum Compensation’s service is completely free. We bear the risk of all of the costs and expenses along the way. You do not have to even pay for the cost of the call to the helpline.

If you have sustained motor accident back injury in an accident that was not your fault, call Maximum Compensation immediately for straightforward no nonsense and free advice.

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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