Making a personal injury claim following a school accident

Children, being children, are always toppling over, grazing their knees and banging their heads in the playground. It's all part of being a child and a vital element of growing up and learning about life.

That's all well and good but sometimes things go a bit further than that and the health and wellbeing of a child is severely damaged, often permanently.

Schools obviously have a duty of care to their pupils and if a child's safety is put in jeopardy and they then become hurt, it may be possible to make an accident compensation claim.

Here at YouClaim we've been contacted by thousands of people wishing to make an accident claim after their child was hurt in a school accident and our panel of personal injury solicitors are experts in this area of law.

Just a few of the people that we've helped to win compensation on a totally cost-free, no win, no fee basis are mentioned below.

PE lesson accident
Mrs B from Leeds called YouClaim after her eight-year-old son suffered a broken arm and a dislocated shoulder during a school PE lesson. The incident happened when the teacher left the gym, leaving the youngster, James, unaccompanied while using the wall bars.

He got into difficulty and, with no teacher there to help, fell from a considerable height and landed on his arm. His radius bone snapped and his shoulder popped out of socket, leaving James in agony.

Mrs B was angry that her son had been left unattended and decided to make a compensation claim against the school. Our panel of personal injury solicitors took the case on and, with the school not opposing the accident claim, she was offered a settlement of just over 10,000.

Like all of our customers, Mrs B and her son kept 100% of the awarded damages and did not have to pay out for any costs or legal fees.

Canteen accident
YouClaim's panel of experienced personal injury solicitors were called into action when a lunchbreak ended in disaster for one 16-year-old girl. The teenager had bought her lunch from the school canteen and was making her way across the dining hall when she slipped on a patch of water on the floor.

She broke her ankle in the fall, knocked out two teeth and also suffered burn injuries from the cup of hot tea that she had been carrying on her tray.

The girl's GCSE preparation suffered as a result of the incident and it was later found that the water on the floor was the result of a leaking ceiling which the school had been notified about weeks before but had failed to take steps to mend it.

Through her father, the 16-year-old made a no win, no fee compensation claim and was awarded over 16,000, none of which did her personal injury solicitor take a cut of.

Playground accident
A nasty accident involving a six-year-old girl and a school slide was another case that YouClaim's panel of UK personal injury solicitors successfully pursued.

The girl in question was using the playground slide at her Birmingham school when the apparatus collapsed, causing her to fall several feet and leaving her tangled in the wreckage. She cut her leg quite badly and also broke several ribs in the playground accident and was rushed to hospital immediately.

Further investigation revealed that teachers should not have allowed the slide to be used as it was rickety and was broken in places. Hearing about this, the girl's parents were appalled that their daughter's safety had been compromised and contacted YouClaim to make a personal injury compensation claim.

Not only did they win 7,500, but, as a result of the case, our panel of personal injury solicitors had brought against the school, education chiefs made wholesale changes to the rest of the playground equipment to ensure that no other children were injured.

Let our panel of personal injury solicitors help you
If your child has been hurt in a school accident, YouClaim could help you to pursue an accident claim for personal injury compensation.

We never charge any of our customers a single penny and you can be assured that 100% of any damages awarded will be yours to keep. That's right, neither we nor our panel of expert personal injury solicitors take a cut of your compensation meaning that you really can keep everything you win.

We can be contacted 24 hours a day for free legal advice and will answer any questions you may have in straightforward English without using complicated legal jargon. All of our claims advisors are friendly and knowledgeable and are waiting to help you today.

So to make a no win, no fee compensation claim with our panel of top personal injury solicitors, get in touch with YouClaim today.

You can chat online to an advisor, request a call back or simply pick up the phone and call us any time of the day or night on 0800 10 757 95.