Hernia Injury Claims
Claim Time Solicitors specialises in securing compensation for hernia injury claims. With years of expertise in personal injury law, our committed team is here to fight for your rights. Whether your hernia injury resulted from negligence, unsafe practices, or other circumstances, we’ll guide you through the claims process and help you pursue the compensation you deserve—all with no upfront costs.
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Hernias occur as parts of the body push out from weak tissues or muscles in other parts, particularly in the abdominal area. While some happen normally due to causes such as strong coughs and even at birth, the injuries may come through accidents and unexpected traumas. If it happened to you due to other people’s carelessness that injured you by your hernia, you would probably have rights for compensation.
This all-inclusive guide will outline when you may be entitled to compensation after suffering a hernia injury, how the claims process works, and what you may expect in terms of compensation. We are here to help if you are thinking of filing a claim. Initially, we provide free legal advice about the strength of your case in a no-obligation consultation. If you choose to continue with us, you will be put through to one of our experienced personal injury solicitors, who will manage your case on a no win no fee basis. This means you will not have to pay any legal fees unless your case is successful.
Get a free consultation and start your claim for hernia injury compensation with us. Call us on 0800 970 2727 or read on to find out more about the claims process.
Common causes of hernia injury compensation claims
You might be eligible for hernia injury compensation claims if the injury was caused by an accident or incident that resulted from another party’s fault. Common circumstances in which you may be eligible for hernia injury compensation claims include the following:
Hernia injury at work compensation: You may be able to claim compensation if you suffered a hernia injury at work as a result of manual handling, for example, lifting heavy loads without proper training or equipment.
Medical negligence: If your hernia was due to medical negligence while undergoing an abdominal surgery such as a cesarean or appendix operation, then you can definitely file a claim.
Accidents caused by others: If a car accident caused by another driver’s carelessness weakened your abdomen, leading to a hernia, you may be eligible for a claim.
If you or someone you know has suffered a hernia injury and would like to know if you may be entitled to make a claim, reach out to us.
Claiming compensation for a hernia injury at work
Workplace accidents are one of the most common causes of hernia injuries. Jobs that require manual handling or heavy lifting are at an increased risk of causing a hernia. If you were injured at work due to improper lifting, lack of proper training, or insufficient safety measures, you could be entitled to hernia injury at work compensation. Some roles where hernia injuries are more likely to happen include:
- Lorry drivers and couriers
- Builders, tradesmen, and manual laborers
- Agricultural workers
- Distribution and warehouse staff
- Factory and manufacturing employees
- Healthcare workers who need to lift and move patients
If you have sustained a hernia injury at work, it is important to provide evidence that your injury occured from work-related activities and that your employer failed to take proper measures to prevent the injury. This could involve a lack of training, not providing adequate lifting equipment, or failing to implement the proper health and safety guidelines.
Hernia injury compensation claims: How much can you claim?
Solicitors usually estimate the compensation to be awarded on hernia injury claims in two heads: general damages and special damages.
General damages are to address the pain and suffering resulting from your hernia injury.
Special damages are designed to replace loss suffered as a consequence of injury. These losses include medical treatment, loss of wages, travel expenses, and others.
Compensation for hernia injury will cover:
- Physical pain and anguish from your hernia injury
- Any psychiatric condition because of the injury such as anxiety or depression
- Financial losses due to time off work
- Social life, hobbies, and family (amenity loss)
- Costs of care if there is a loved one or a professional carer to care for you
- Loss of future income, if hernia impacts one’s long-term ability to work
- Travel and medical costs
The amount of compensation you will receive is determined by the severity of your injury. A medical examination by an independent expert will determine the extent of the damage caused by the hernia. In this examination, the expert will assess your injury and review your medical history, providing a report to help calculate your overall compensation.
To find out more about the process of filing such claims, contact us today at 0800 970 2727. At Claim Time Solicitors you are likely to receive £2,400 – £17,250 for your hernia injury . These are general figures. The exact compensation amount you might receive depends on the severity of your case and how it is evaluated during the legal process.
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Evidence of how it happened and its severity must be shown for successful hernia injury compensation. The most crucial evidence you can give concerning your claim includes the following:
Photographs: Take pictures of what happened on the scene, as well as pictures of the hernia, if it is observable.
Camera recordings: If there are CCTV or dashcam recordings that captured your incident, then this can be a strong piece of evidence for your claim.
Medical documentation: Get medical notes from your GP or other medical professionals for your diagnosis and follow-up treatment and if you were referred for surgery or other medical treatment, you can also bring these into court to support your case.
Witness statements: In case people have witnessed the incident, then their statements will be very important in case the liability for the accident is disputable.
Accident report forms: If the injury occurred at a company’s premises or public space, it must have been recorded in an accident report book. The report will be the most important piece of evidence.
If one is not sure whether he or she has enough evidence to pursue a claim, our team can help to evaluate the case.
Filing any kind of compensation claim can be a challenging task. For many, the cost of hiring a solicitor can be a major reason not to claim. For that reason, our personal injury solicitors offer a no win no fee policy for any hernia injury claim they work on.
Knowing that you won’t be asked to pay any legal fees whatsoever unless you are compensated usually means the claims process is much easier and less stressful.
If you and your solicitor decide to proceed with a claim, they’ll send you a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA).
Once signed your solicitor’s prime objectives will include the following:
- To discuss every aspect of your hernia injury claim with you.
- Write to the defendant on your behalf.
- Collect proof and all the medical records.
- Handle the claims with the insurers of the defendant on your behalf.
- Provide supplemental proof to combat any objections filed, where available.
- Negotiate on your behalf and make settlement offer recommendations to you.
- Try as much as possible to ensure you get the maximum amount of compensation in minimum time.
If your hernia injury claim fails, your personal injury solicitor won’t ask you to pay any legal fees. If the case is won, they’ll deduct a success fee percentage from your compensation award for their services and for taking the risk. Legally, this is capped at 25% of your settlement. So that you’re fully aware of how much you’ll pay, your success fee is listed in the CFA from the outset.
If you feel that you should receive compensation for your hernia injury, call us on 0800 970 2727 today. We will review your case in complete depth and free of cost. At Claim Time, we also inform you of any action that can be taken against the defendants.
We manage everything on a no win no fee basis for you. Our live chat team is available at all times if you have any queries concerning your claim.
Hernias can occur naturally, and they often do. For example, they can simply be caused by excessive coughing in some cases. Thus, before taking on your hernia injury claim, the solicitors will check whether:
The defendant in your case owed you a duty of care; and
Their carelessness meant that their duty of care was broken; and
As a result of their negligence, you sustained a hernia injury.
In case you are uncertain and need some guidance on your case, we can provide a free first consultation of your claim, our personal injury solicitors will check whether you were owed a duty of care. These can include cases where employers have a duty to take reasonable steps to keep you safe while at work.
After that has been verified, your next step will be to demonstrate the extent of your suffering from hernia, and why the defendant was at fault.
Generally, personal injury claims within the UK will have a deadline of 3 years. In this case, it can start either when you suffer from a hernia or when a doctor diagnoses you with a hernia.We would suggest that you act promptly to give your solicitor the time to arrange for the medical examination and to gather all the relevant evidence to strenghten your case. It may also be possible, with early action, for your solicitor to secure private medical treatment to be funded by an interim payment by the defendant.
If liability is accepted immediately for your injury, you might get compensation for your hernia in a matter of months. On the contrary, the case may take longer than a year if it’s contested or additional medical evidence needs to be found to show how you’ve suffered.
FAQs
No, you don’t, though winning a hernia injury compensation claim is not likely to be an easy task for those not knowing much about the personal injury laws. More often than not, the claim would have been made against a company or medical establishment. Both of these are likely to have specialist lawyers acting for them. Unless you have some knowledge of the law and the legal landscape, you are bound to be at a disadvantage always.
At Claim Time Solicitors, we have immense expertise in dealing with such compensation claims and are more than happy to support you in commencing your hernia injury claim. All it takes is one call to 0800 970 2727 to get the process started.
If your claim is strong enough, we’ll appoint one of our personal injury solicitors to it and they’ll work to secure maximum compensation for you in minimum time on a no win no fee basis.
For more information on making a hernia injury compensation claim, contact our free advice center via live chat or call us. We are here for you.
As part of any claim an independent medical examination will be conducted in order to help determine the severity of your hernia injury. This usually takes the form of a local appointment with a medical specialist.
You will then have to explain how this injury has impacted you and your loved ones, and the specialist will assess the injury after reading the medical documents pertaining to your condition. After consulting with you, they will summarise your prognosis in a report which will be returned to your solicitor.
To find out if we can help you to start a hernia injury claim, please call us on 0800 970 2727.Our aim is to ensure the well-being of our clients at all times.
If the injury is a hernia injury at work, damages are covered under the liability insurance of the employer. In this case, the solicitor would negotiate the damages directly with the employer’s insurance company, not with your employer themselves.
The NHS Resolution is the specialist insurance company that manages claims against the NHS in cases of hernia mesh compensation or compensation for complications arising from hernia operations. There is a pot of money to resolve patient claims against the NHS and nothing comes out of budgets for delivering NHS services.
Every claim we manage is unique. Claims that are more obvious, such as workplace injury cases, will settle faster than claims based on medical negligence, such as a hernia mesh lawsuit. Lawyers will take longer to investigate and resolve these claims because of the added complexity.
If a complex claim does take longer, you may be able to receive your hernia compensation payouts in stages. This may help you with ongoing costs such as rehabilitation or physiotherapy fees.
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