No Win No Fee What Can I Claim For

Many men and women have an incident and ponder if they can claim damages for the injury or trauma that they have undergone. A number of cases are very clear cut when it comes to accidental injury as for example road traffic accidents and accidents caused by other individuals. This is mainly because there is a clear place to point the blame.

But some personal injury claims are not so simple or so it may seem to any of us who does not understand the system. All personal injury claims differ in the way that they are all unique in terms of the way that they occur. But there is a commonplace factor with all accidents and that component is there is someone who caused the accident, the man or woman might well be you or it may perhaps be the negligence of another individual or company.

Take a look at the lawsuits below, both are real lawsuits but for legitimate reasons the personal particulars have been completely removed.

Case 1

Mr x was making use of an alloy ladder to gain access a roof where he was working, when climbing the ladder the mechanism that locks the alloy ladder and prevents the product form closing failed. The alloy ladder collapsed while Mr X was still ascending the ladder and he fell from almost 2 meters in height. Mr X broke one of his legs as a result of the fall and was not capable to work for some time. The case was taken to court to fight for damages for the injuries that Mr X had received. It was exposed in the court proceedings that Mr X had been making use of the ladder to access an extension roof whilst carrying an amount of house bricks. The joint weight of Mr X and the bricks did in fact go past the safe operational weight limit of the ladder. The judge determined that the case was one of misuse of the product and no compensation was awarded to Mr X

Case 2
Mrs Y was using an aluminum step ladder to get to a loft opening and when she was ascending the ladder the exact same thing occurred. The locking mechanism that inhibits the aluminum ladder from folding broke and the aluminum step ladder collapsed whilst Mrs Y was still on it. This case is very similar to the case above but when investigated adequately it was found that there was a production flaw with the alloy ladder. The firm who produced and distributed the alloy ladder was ordered to compensate Mrs Y for her discomfort.

What I am trying to point out here is that there is always somebody to hold accountable, but that person maybe you. It is worthless to try and claim compensation for an accident that is your blunder as you will not stand a chance of winning the case. Lots of no win no fee law firms will not take on a case that is not clear cut or they know that there is no chance of winning. If you think that you are entitled to personal injury compensation for any kind of reason then it is highly recommended that you communicate with a personal injury solicitor to see if you have a decent claim.


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