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Knee Injury Claims in England and Wales
Knee injuries can have lasting consequences on your life. If your knee injury resulted from a non-fault accident, learn how our Knee Injury Claims support can help you win a deserving compensation that reflects your pain, reduced movement and daily struggles.
Understanding Knee Injury Compensation Claims
Knee injuries can limit your movement. They affect your ability to work and perform routine tasks. You might not be able to walk again if it is serious. Hence, you are left with pain, emotional stress and medical bills. However, if your knee injury resulted from a non-fault accident, we have good news for you. You can get compensated for all your damages. Yes, you have heard it right.
At RU1NJURED, we help knee injury victims across England and Wales to get compensated. We have a panel of expert knee injury solicitors who specialise in knee injury compensation claims. They are ready to support you in securing a fair compensation award that covers all your damages. Get in touch with our panel solicitors today for free no-obligation advice.
Different Types of Knee Injuries
You can injure your knee in different ways. Some knee injuries are mild, whereas some can be very serious. Here are some types of knee injuries that are commonly reported in compensation claims:
- ACL tear: An ACL tear happens when the front ligament of your knee gets torn.
- PCL tear: PCL tear refers to the damage to the knee ligament on the back side of your knee.
- MCL tear: MCL tear takes place when the ligament inside the knee gets stretched awkwardly.
- Meniscus tear: Meniscus tear is a situation where the rubbery cartilage inside the knee joints that acts as a shock absorber gets damaged.
- Kneecap or knee joint dislocation: It refers to a situation when your kneecap or knee joint displaces from its original position.
- Knee fracture: A Knee fracture occurs when your kneecap or knee joint get broken.
- Tendon tears: This happens when either your quadriceps tendon or patellar tendon gets torn. The quadriceps tendon links your thigh muscle with your kneecap, while the patellar tendon links the kneecap with your shin.
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Who is Eligible to Claim Compensation for a Knee Injury?
You can make a compensation claim for a knee injury if your case falls within certain conditions. The first one is the “Breach of Duty of Care”. This means that the person or the organisation responsible for your knee injury had a legal duty to protect you from harm. However, they failed when their actions caused your knee injury.
The second condition implies that you must have a diagnosable knee injury due to which you suffered actual loss or harm. A diagnosable knee injury is one which can be confirmed by the medico-legal experts.
Finally, you must make a claim for a knee injury within the time limits prescribed by the law. Like, for most knee injury cases, a claim must be initiated within three years from the accident date. In the case of a minor, they are eligible to make a compensation claim till their twenty-first birthday. However, for a mentally unstable person, the three-year time limit starts as soon as they regain their mental capacity.
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Some Examples of Knee Injury Compensation Claims
Your knee can get injured in different types of accidents. Listed below are some of the situations where you become eligible to make a compensation claim for a knee injury:
- Motorcycle accidents causing ligament tears. These include ACL or PCL tears.
- Cycling accidents leading to kneecap or knee joint dislocation.
- Pedestrian accidents, like getting hit from a car resulting in a knee fracture.
- Workplace accidents, such as falling from a scaffolding or slipping on a wet floor causing a meniscus tear.
- Public place accidents, like tripping over an uneven pavement leading to tendon tears.
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Knee Injury Compensation UK: How Much Can You Receive?
Compensation payouts for knee injuries depend on how the injury affects your personal and work life. The greater the impact of the knee injury on your life, the higher your compensation could be. Moreover, your compensation for a knee injury covers two types of damages. The general damages which reflect your pain and suffering and the special damages which include all the financial losses linked to your knee injury.
General Damages
As per the JC Guidelines, the compensation amounts for different types of knee injuries are as follows:
- Severe knee injuries: £31,960.00 to £117,410.00
- Moderate knee injuries that require more than 3 years to heal: £18,110.00 to £31,960.00
- Moderate knee injuries that require up to 3 years to heal: Up to £16,770.00
Special Damages
They account for all the money you have lost as a result of your knee injury. Such as medical treatment costs, therapy, travelling costs for appointments, home adaptation expenses, lost wages and future income.
Need a correct estimate for your knee injury payout? Talk to our legal experts today. You can also use our compensation calculator to get a rough estimate of your claim’s value.
How to Start a Claim for a Knee Injury?
Starting a compensation claim for a knee injury is not that difficult if done the right way. You need to follow some simple steps to maximise your chances of success. Here are those steps:
- Get medical help immediately. This will not only help in getting safe from potential health risks. It will also begin an official medical record of your knee injury.
- Report the incident to the concerned authority. For a workplace accident report your knee injury to your employer. For road traffic accidents, you should report your knee injury to the local police. For a public place accident, report it to the local city council or the premises owner where your accident happened.
- Collect all supporting evidence. It includes CCTV footage on the scene of accident, pictures of your injury, witness statements and incident reports.
- Document all your losses, expenses and medical treatments. Such as receipts and invoices for all the medication and treatment costs. Proof of earnings and time off work for lost income due to your knee injury.
- Contacting expert solicitors who specialise in handling claims for knee injuries.
Our panel of knee injuries lawyers can also visit you at your home or hospital. Call us on 0800 955 1827 or click the WhatsApp link below to schedule a meeting.
Why Choose RU1NJURED?
At RU1NJURED, we are all about making your claims process simple and successful. Here are some of the compelling reasons why knee injury victims throughout the UK trust us to handle their claims:
- No Win No Fee Claims: You do not have to pay any legal fees unless we win your case.
- Tailored Service: You are not just another case number. We focus on your unique situation and support you accordingly.
- Top-tier Solicitors: We have a panel of solicitors who are one of the best at their job. They have years of expertise in winning compensation claims for different types of knee injuries.
- Nationwide Reach: No matter where you live in the UK, our panel solicitors can visit you at a place of your comfort.
- Maximum Payouts: Our panel of knee injury lawyers fight hard to secure the highest possible payouts you can get.
Transparency: We do not confuse people with legal jargon. All costs will be discussed upfront, and you will be updated throughout your case period.
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Do not bear the consequences of someone else’s negligence. Reach us out today by calling on 0800 955 1827 or by sending us a text through our WhatsApp link below. You are just one call or a text away from winning a deserving compensation for knee injury.
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Your compensation for knee injury depends on the type and severity of the injury and can range from £16,770 to £117,410.
You can get a compensation amount between £31,960.00 to £53,030.00 for a fractured or broken knee cap compensation claim.
Yes, you can claim compensation for knee injuries caused by non-fault workplace accidents through knee injury at work claims.
Report your accident and get yourself medically checked. Once the medical reports confirm your knee injury, reach out to an expert knee injury solicitor to initiate your compensation claim.
The panel solicitors at RU1NJURED are among the best knee injury solicitors in the UK with a high success rate and over a decade of proven expertise.
Based on the intricacies of each case, compensation claims for knee injuries can take months or a few years to settle.
You need medical reports from expert orthopaedic surgeons, statements for witnesses who saw your accident and proof of costs incurred on your treatment.
Yes, you can start a no win no fee claim for a knee injury.
Yes, you can make a claim for a knee injury that has caused lasting pain and reduced mobility.
Your compensation payout for a non-fault knee injury depends on how it impacts your daily and work life.
You should consult the panel solicitors at RU1NJURED to start a compensation claim for your knee injury.