Contacting a personal injury solicitor after an eye injury

Many people, such as the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, believe the human eye to be the single greatest wonder of human biology. It is easy to be swayed by this view; the human eye is both incredibly complex and supremely functional, as well as being fragile yet remarkably resilient. As we rely so heavily on our eyes for virtually all life's daily tasks, it is natural that if a person suffers a life-changing eye injury they should consider employing a personal injury solicitor.

Every year in the UK a staggering 120,000 people suffer eye injuries. Perhaps troublingly, more than 50% of these injuries are suffered by those who are under the age of 25.

Many of these eye injuries are sustained in the kinds of accidents for which people could not reasonably expect a personal injury solicitor to secure them eye injury compensation for. These would normally be sustained in sporting or recreational activities, where liability must rest with the sufferer.

However, a small yet still significant proportion of these types of sporting, leisure and holiday accidents may be considered the fault of someone other than the eye injury sufferer. In such cases, making a no win, no fee claim may be a very reasonable possibility.

Eye injuries and leisure activities
For example, if you book a mountain biking holiday which passes over loose stony ground and your tour operator does not warn you of the risk of sustaining eye injuries from being hit by stray stones, a personal injury solicitor might advise you that their failure to provide you with, or advise you of the need for, protective eye equipment, means the operator could be liable to pay you eye injury compensation.

Eye injuries and car accidents
There are other instances too, where a personal injury solicitor might be able to secure you compensation for your eye injuries. Although since the widespread enforcement and use of seatbelts, eye injuries resulting from car accidents have been less common than they once were, they are still a very real risk, and even today it is not uncommon for people who have suffered eye injuries in car accidents to contact solicitors seeking compensation for the personal injury.

Eye injuries could result from car accidents in a number of ways. A shattered windscreen may cause damage to either the inner or outer structures of the eye; sharp objects which penetrate the vehicle during a crash may also penetrate the surface of the eye; traumatic impact against the steering wheel or dashboard may damage the eye socket (orbit) and cause lasting damage.

Eye injuries and accidents at work
People who suffer eye injuries in accidents in the workplace may also wish to contact personal injury solicitors in order to make work injury compensation claims.

A work accident eye injury could be caused by one of a number of factors:

• An object falling from height
• Chemical burns caused by hazardous substances
• Heat burns
• The impact of slip, trip or fall
• Once again, it is the duty of employers to provide employees with suitable protective eyewear.

Children and eye accidents
Unfortunately, as is reflected by the statistics, children are at a higher risk of sustaining an eye injury than other members of the UK population. This is partly because children do often not fully comprehend the risks of performing certain activities.

It is not that rare for parents to contact personal injury solicitors with a view to making product liability compensation claims after their children have suffered eye injuries because of dangerous, defective or unsuitable toys.

Amounts of compensation awarded for eye injuries generally vary from £1,000 to £150,000, depending on the severity of the damage.

To find out about what is being done to eliminate risks to eyesight visit www.orbis.org.uk.

Contacting personal injury solicitors to make an eye injury claim
If you have suffered an eye injury in an accident that was not your fault, it is your right to claim personal injury compensation.

YouClaim's panel of personal injury solicitors are widely recognised as being among the foremost experts in this field of litigation and take pride in upholding the high standards of the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

Making a no win, no fee claim with us is a completely risk-free business. At no stage in the process will you ever be liable for any costs or fees, from either us or the opposing side.

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