Severe Leg Injuries

Severe leg injuries can occur as a result of a road traffic accident, a motorcycle accident, accident on a pushbike, as a pedestrian or passenger, a slip, trip or fall in a public place or in an accident at work. It is all too easy to injure a leg, and severe leg injuries can have far-reaching effects on someone's life.

We rely on our movement without much thought, but a severe injury to the leg not only gives pain and distress, but it also limits our movement, in some cases for a very long period of time. Getting to work, to the shops, and even moving around our house are all things we take for granted, however without them our lives are severely curtailed. That is why, if your injury was a result of an accident that was not your fault or was through someone else's negligence, you should seek to be compensated for every area of your life that it has been affected.

Severe leg injuries that do not involve full or partial amputation include severe fractures; serious laceration and wounding that requires skin and bone grafts; the skin being separated from the leg (called 'de-gloving'); injuries that result in one leg being left shorter than the other; and any damage to the leg that requires plastic surgery. If you think you could claim for a severe leg injury and be entitled to accident compensation or personal injury compensation, then contact us for help and advice.