Personal Injury
Multiple injury claims
Some accidents cause more than one injury, and the combined effect can be far greater than each injury viewed separately. A client may suffer fractures, soft tissue injuries, head injury, psychological symptoms, scarring, dental injury, chronic pain or reduced mobility arising from the same incident.
We advise clients with multiple injuries from road traffic accidents, workplace accidents, construction incidents, cycling accidents, motorcycle accidents and other traumatic events. The key is to ensure that each injury is properly investigated and that the overall impact is not undervalued.
Why multiple injury claims need care
We can assist with claims involving:
- Several physical injuries arising from one accident.
- Overlapping symptoms affecting mobility, work and daily activities.
- Physical injury combined with psychological trauma.
- Scarring, dental injury, chronic pain or reduced function.
- Long recovery periods requiring treatment from several specialists.
- Disputes about which symptoms were caused by the accident.
Medical evidence
A multiple injury claim may require evidence from more than one medical expert. Depending on the injuries, this could include orthopaedic surgeons, neurologists, psychologists, pain specialists, plastic surgeons, dental experts, physiotherapists or occupational therapists.
It is important that the evidence deals with the combined impact of the injuries, not only each injury in isolation. For example, a shoulder injury, back injury and psychological injury may together prevent a return to work even if each individual injury might appear moderate.
Valuation and losses
Compensation may include pain and suffering, loss of amenity, treatment, care, travel expenses, lost earnings, future loss, disadvantage on the labour market and the cost of rehabilitation. Where recovery is prolonged, interim payments and early treatment may be important.
Insurers may attempt to value each injury separately and then discount the overall effect. We will ensure that the claim addresses the combined consequences on work, home life, mobility, independence and future prospects.
A structured approach
Multiple injury claims can become complicated if evidence is not organised carefully. We will help set out the chronology, symptoms, treatment history and losses in a way that allows the claim to be assessed properly.
Our objective is to secure a fair outcome that reflects the reality of living with several injuries at once.