Sentences with phrase «life changing injuries»

However, their views need to be balanced against those who have suffered life changing injuries, who can not speak with such a loud collective voice.

Construction accidents often cause serious life changing injuries for victims.

Our aim has always been to effectively supply crucial information that will aid reducing life changing injuries and deaths from automobile crashes.

She has represented clients from a variety of backgrounds who have suffered life changing injuries.

For example, a judge in a recent injury case regarding a young girl with life changing injuries has awarded up to # 23m in compensation and care costs against the driver who negligently crashed into the car the girl was travelling in, killing her mother.

In 2008 15 people died from MDMA related deaths — and goodness knows what that actually means, dehydration other substances etc — while 1350 serious life changing injuries resulted from drink driving and 350 fatalities, which is almost as many lives as we lost in Helmand over 14 years.»

Our Personal Injury Lawyers understand how catastrophic life changing injuries from tragic accidents affect victims and their families both physically, mentally and financially.

It goes without saying that car accidents can cause traumatic, life changing injuries in the blink of an eye.

«Not only would lowering the drink driving limit save lives and prevent life changing injuries, but it is consistently supported by the general public.

People who suffer life changing injuries need fairly compensating to enable them to afford to meet the costs of essential care and therapies, they are not looking to get - rich - quick or whatever nonsense the insurers seem to believe.

One of the UK's most experienced serious injury law firms has criticised the insurance industry for fighting against the Lord Chancellor, Liz Truss's decision to update the «discount rate» used to calculate the level of compensation paid out to victims of life changing injuries.

She is an associate in the Large Loss team, focusing on defending high value claims with extensive experience in dealing with claims of a catastrophic nature, which invariably involve significant life changing injuries and complex fatal claims.

These interim payments followed a call by Major Trauma Lawyer Trevor Sterling, who is representing a number of victims of the crash, for an urgent rehabilitation fund for those who suffered life changing injuries as a result of the incident.

She has recently been instructed to act on behalf of a Doctor whose cancer was missed on two separate scans; on behalf of a lady whose serious back condition was misdiagnosed with catastrophic consequences and on behalf of a gentleman who was misdiagnosed in respect of a shoulder injury with the result that necessary surgery wasn't carried out leaving him with permanent life changing injuries.

As a female lawyer Alison is referred by many lawyers, experts and professionals in the health care industry because of her ability to connect with families and to guide them through the legal process after life changing injuries.

[1] Neil Sugarman, president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), has stated in an interview that ``... we welcome this announcement» [2] and claimants with serious life changing injuries will benefit from the increased compensation payments.

Samantha Hemsley, national head of the serious injury and clinical negligence team at Thompsons said: «What we're talking about here is people with life changing injuries, people who need care and support for life, who were injured through no fault of their own.

Effectively, the investment of that compensation needs to incorporate and factor in the legal and discount rate principles, inflation (prices and earnings) in a low - risk environment for investors who very often have suffered catastrophic, life changing injuries resulting in individual short, medium and long - term requirements.

The Major Trauma team at lawyers Moore Blatch which is representing victims injured in the Croydon tram crash are calling for the establishment of an urgent rehabilitation fund for those that have suffered life changing injuries.

At the personal injury law firm of J. Todd Tenge, we are accustomed to helping clients with catastrophic, life changing injuries, including injuries to the brain.

He specialises in dealing with serious injury claims involving catastrophic and life changing injuries and helps injured people throughout Wales with this type of case.

Usually with just a helmet protecting them, bicyclist are left with life changing injuries.

Head of litigation, Damian Horan, commented: «We work very closely with charities and individuals who have suffered serious life changing injuries or major trauma.

The insurance lobby's complaints about the time frame need to be seen against the background of the 16 - year period in which the discount rate was manifestly too high causing them huge savings at the expense of claimants with life changing injuries.

Since qualifying as a Solicitor in 1995, I have spent more than 20 years helping people who have suffered personal injury, often very serious life changing injuries, through no fault of their own.

A cyclist who was forced to quit his job due to life changing injuries has been awarded # 100,000 in compensation in an out of court settlement.

Accident victims suffering severe and life changing injuries can receive compensation for damages including past and future pain and suffering, loss of income, health and medical care, and loss of opportunity.

For someone who has suffered a life changing injury, like those involved in the Alton Towers tragedy last year, the cost of a prosthetic limb alone can be in the region of # 50,000, without taking into account the immediate urgent care or the ongoing rehabilitation costs.

Serious and life changing injuries can occur when a vehicle is rear ended at low crash speeds even though most cars can withstand low speed impacts without much structural damage.

I qualified as a Solicitor in September 2007 and I have since worked on cases involving serious life changing injuries, including traumatic brain injuries.

Accident victims who suffer severe and life changing injuries are often awarded a lump sum in compensation for future losses.

TBI's are life changing injuries that are not fully understood.