Motorbike leg injury claims

First published by Author on February 20, 2020 in the following categories: Compensation Injuries and tagged with compensation amounts | injury claims | motorbike claims

If you need our help and representation for motorbike leg injury claims, we may be able to offer you a No Win, No Fee agreement.

Leg injuries in these kinds of cases are often serious as there’s little protection for riders who come off their bikes or collide with another vehicle or the road. Injuries can range from breaks, to serious ligament damage, and even to amputations.

When we settle a claim for personal injury compensation, we ensure that no stone is left unturned. Here’s some advice about how we make sure we can maximise what you’re entitled to receive as an injured rider with a leg injury.

How we value motorbike leg injury claims

When we value motorbike leg injury claims, we need to assess the pain and impact you endure, and the losses and expenses that you may incur.

These are known as General Damages (for the injury) and Special Damages (for losses and Expenses).

We will normally instruct an independent medical expert to see you for an appointment and then produce a report that we will use to support the case. In serious injury claims and cases involving multiple different types of injuries, we may need to rely on more than one expert.

General Damages: pain, suffering and loss of amenity

We use the medical evidence together with our own experience and official guidelines to value motorbike leg injury claims.

As a form of very rough guidance, below is information from the official guidelines that we use to value cases. This covers just the injury alone:

• Simple fractures and soft tissue injury claims: up to around £10,000.00;
• More serious fractures or soft tissue damage that may leave some permanent problems: up to around £24,000.00;
• Moderate leg injuries which may include multiple fractures or crush injuries, where some permanent issues remain: up to around £34,000.00;
• Serious injuries like compound or comminuted fractures, or soft tissue injuries to or ligaments and / or joints, leading to permanent problems: up to around £48,000.00;
• Very serious leg injuries, that may include permanent mobility problems and the need for aids and crutches for the rest of the victim’s life. Extensive treatment will have taken place and future problems like arthritis is expected: up to around £74,000.00.

Even more serious injuries that are short of amputation, or involve singular amputations, can lead to damages for injuries in the £120,000.00 region. The loss of both legs can result in damages claims for the injury alone in the region of £250,000.00.

Special Damages: losses and expenses

In addition to the injury side of motorbike leg injury claims, we also look at losses and expenses. In serious injury cases, this part of the claim can make up the majority of the final pay-out.

Lost earnings in a serious motorcycle injury claim could mean recovering damages to cover a lost career for the rest of the victim’s life. It may mean private treatment, extensive care and assistance, and permanent limitations. If an injured rider is 30 years old and earns £30,000.00 a year, but cannot work for the rest of their life, that’s a potential loss of over one million pounds until retirement; and then there’s the pension.

This is always important to consider when looking at claim value estimations. The official guidelines referenced above are just for the injury alone, and it can be that the bulk of a case is made up of the Special Damages on top of the General Damages. Our Serious Injury Claims Team is used to representing claimants for these kinds of cases, and they may be able to help you too.

For free, no-obligation advice about your options for justice, make sure to speak to our team as soon as you can.

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