Leg Injuries

Injuries to your legs can cause problems long after the pain has subsided as they can have a short- or long-term impact on your mobility. These mobility issues often limit the sufferer's ability to work, either to get to and from their desk job or to carry out a job that entails constant movement and walking. If your leg injury was someone else's fault, either through an accident at work, a road traffic accident or a sports injury, you may want to claim for personal injury compensation to help cover loss of earnings and medical bills and to compensate you for the pain and trauma of the injury.

Most leg injuries happen to the area of the leg between the knee and the ankle given the height of this part of the body. It's all too easy to walk into something, in which case the shin area often takes most of the brunt, or to suffer kicks or trauma to that area, for instance in sports injuries which is why shin pads are so often used in games such as hockey and football.

Just like most personal injuries, the amount awarded for a successful leg injury claim, where you can prove the injury was through no fault of your own, depends on where and how badly the leg is injured. For instance, leg amputations understandably will result in some of the highest levels awarded. You may suffer less serious leg injuries such as a simple fracture which heals quickly - this will understandably result in a lower compensation amount than a severe leg injury or complex fracture that requires much longer healing and physical therapy. Similarly, if you suffer lacerations and damage to soft tissue which heals comparatively quickly, the amount will be lower than for those that cause extended pain. And as for most personal injuries, it's important to get medical opinion to assess the scope of the injury - this will help evaluate your claim and the amount that you are entitled to in compensation.