Paralysis Injury Compensation
Paralysis refers to the inability to control movement or to detect sensations such as touch and temperature. Generally people that are paralysed have suffered a spinal cord injury.
Paralysis can mean the loss of two or all four limbs, the loss of use to one or both sides of your body and can be permanent or temporary. The ability to move your fingers, arms, legs or toes may be affected. In more serious cases damage to the vertebrae may cause loss of movement from the neck down or an injury to the lower spinal cord could result in paraplegia. If paralysis was caused by someone else's negligence you may be able to make a claim for paralysis compensation.
What is my claim worth?
There are generally 3 brackets for this sort of compensation:
- Tetraplegia
- Paraplegia
- Shorter Durations of Paralysis
Tetraplegia- also known as quadriplegia is where the injured person is not in any physical pain, has full awareness of their disability, retained the powers of speech, sight and hearing but needs help with bodily functions. Compensation in this bracket can range from £246,750 to £307,000.
Paraplegia- Compensation for this can range from £166,500 to £216,000. The level of the award will be affected by following:
- The presence and extent of pain
- The degree of independence
- Depression
- Age and life expectancy
Shorter Durations of Paralysis- Compensation here can range from £37,500- £41,250. In cases where death occurs for unrelated reasons within a short period of the accident a lower sum will be awarded. For example if a young adult suffering with paraplegia where death occurs within around 2 years an award of around £37,500 is appropriate.
If you have suffered a paralysis injury through an accident please dont delay and give us a call on 0800 160 1296 to start your No Win No Fee* claim for compensation today.
Here at The Accident Claimline we have years of experience dealing with a wide range of accident claims and a wide range of injuries.
Other Injury Claims we can help with are below but if yours is not on the list please still give us a call as we still may be able to help you:
Asbestos Related Injury Claims
Mesothelioma Compensation Claims
Bacterial Food Poisoning Claims
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*Other costs may be payable
**TAC have a team of technical claims qualifiers who will speak with you and if you have, in our opinion, a valid claim we can refer your case to one of the personal injury solicitors on our panel.
