Archive for the 'Elbow' Category

Our client was riding his motorbike between 2 lanes of slow moving traffic on a dual carriageway when a cyclist tried to cross the road in front of him.  The cyclist was listening to an MP3 player and could not hear our client’s approach, and he failed to look to see if it was safe for him to cross the road.  Our client had to take evasive action and in doing so fell from his motorbike.

He sustained several injuries, the most serious by far was a broken elbow.  The fracture did heal, but despite physiotherapy treatment he was left with a 20% reduction in movement of the elbow, which will be permanent.  We were able to recover personal injury compensation for him of just under £11,500.

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Our client was returning home when he tripped on a pavement which builders had left in an unfinished state.  He sustained injuries to his chin, upper lip and nose leaving some scarring, and also had bruising to his elbow, hip and leg.  Most of the injuries settled within 6 weeks, but the scar on his upper lip will feel permanently numb.  Dental treatment was also required for a damaged tooth.  We were able to recover personal injury compensation for him of just over £8,000.

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Our client was a rear seat passenger in a car when the driver started to read a text message.  As a result the car left the road and hit a bank, causing it to turn over.  Our client suffered soft tissue injuries to her neck and back, and also sustained a severe cut to her elbow leaving a visible scar.  We were able to recover personal injury compensation for her of £3,200.

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Our client was making a delivery and needed to get to a pallet on his trailer.  To do so he had to move another pallet that had a barrel on it containing chemicals.  The barrel was upright and secured to the pallet by a single plastic strap over the top of it.  Our client had to use a manual pump truck, which was too big for the task.  As he moved the pallet the strap became loose causing the barrel to topple and flip over.  The movement of the pallet and pump truck caused our client to be knocked over on to the floor of the trailer.  The barrel then fell on his outstretched arm.  He sustained an injury to his right elbow and upper back and we were able to recover personal injury compensation for him of just under £2,400.

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Our client was cycling along a road, and was positioned near the centre of the road about to turn right when a vehicle tried to overtake him and knocked him off his bike.  He sustained cuts and bruises to his knee and elbow, and also suffered from back pain.  We were able to recover personal injury compensation for him of just over £3,100.

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