Catastrophic / Serious Injury Compensation Claims
www.simpsonmillar.co.uk - Hello, I am Marguarita Tyne and a partner in the Bristol office of Simpson Millar and am going to talk about catastrophic injuries today. Catastrophic injuries are what we lawyers would describe as the most serious level of injury and these range from brain injuries, spinal injuries through to injuries involving paralysis and include amputations. So, how do catastrophic injuries differ in scope from other personal injury claims? Well, in most personal injury claims you pursue a claim for loss of earnings and quite often you pursue a claim for care and also out of pocket expenses but there may not be an awful lot more than that. However, in catastrophic injury claims there is a lot more to consider. Often a central focus of the claim is how the injured person is going to be cared for, for the rest of their life. So that is not just their care needs currently but also their care needs going on into the future and one of the issues which has to be addressed is the question of life expectancy and how long that individual is going to need care for. In addition to the care itself there is also a need for equipment to be provided to support the individuals life as it is going to be and also things like transport and housing which will be specific to that individual. The scope of all of that means that these are claims which have to be thoroughly and properly investigated and they need someone handling them who is able to balance all those different ...
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