Contacting a no win, no fee solicitor after a fracture injury
Fractures, or broken bones, are among the kinds of injuries people most commonly contact no win, no fee solicitors to claim compensation for.
Generally speaking, fractures fall under the classification of impact injuries. They can occur in various ways. Car accidents, motorcycle accidents, falls from height and slip and trip accidents are all frequent causes. Every year, the no win, no fee solicitors at YouClaim successfully represent hundreds of claimants seeking compensation for fractures following these kinds of accidents.
Fractures and broken bones are often mistakenly considered to be different kinds of injuries. In fact, they just different ways of referring to the same thing.
Types of fracture
- There are several different types of fracture:
- Transverse fracture straight break across the bone
- Oblique fracture slanting
- Spiral fracture winding through the bone
- Longitudinal fracture along the length of the bone
- Comminuted fracture sometimes self-explanatorily referred to as shatter fracture
- Avulsion fracture where a piece of bone becomes separated from the main bone
- Compression fracture where the bone collapses
Additionally, there are other ways of defining a fracture, such as the open fracture, which is where the sight of the fracture is lacerated or the affected bone ruptures the skin.
Conversely, there is the closed fracture, which is where the skin covering the bone remains unbroken.
Complicated fractures can be the most serious kind, as they refer to fractures which have caused injury to surrounding organs, nerves or blood vessels.
Symptoms of a fracture injury
As strange as it may seem, it is not always obvious when you have suffered a fracture.
Pain, bruising, swelling, discolouration, restricted mobility and crepitus (the feeling of the bone grating) are all indicative of a possible fracture.
Diagnosis
If you feel that you may have suffered a fracture, regardless of whether it was in work or car accident, you should go to the nearest A&E unit.
Specialists there will use an X-ray, MRI or CT scan to determine the extent of your personal injury.
Healing
Depending on the severity and the site of a fracture, it can take anything between a few weeks and several months to heal.
During this time, as well as suffering pain, trauma and reduced capacity to live a full life, many people may not be able to return to their jobs, meaning they lose out on vital income.
Contacting no win, no fee solicitors to claim for a fracture
If you have suffered a fracture injury in accident that was not your fault, you may be entitled to claim compensation.
Compensation amounts for fractures vary depending on the place and severity of your fracture. However, payouts for this kind of injury average a four-figure sum.
YouClaim have many years experience in successfully representing personal injury compensation claimants and the services of our team of no win, no fee solicitors are available to you at, win or lose, absolutely no cost.
Furthermore, we guarantee to protect you from all costs incurred by the opposing side and ensure that you will always receive 100% of all compensation awarded to you.
If you would like to begin your no win, no fee claim today, simply call 0800 10 757 95.
Alternatively, you may wish to fill out an online claim form or a request a call back for a time that is convenient to you.
