Scar Injury Claims

Making Scar Injury Claims for Compensation

Scar injury claims are unique inasmuch as an original injury that you sustained may not have seemed important enough at the time to make a claim for injury compensation against the negligent party. However, months after the event, you have been left with an unsightly scar which will act as a permanent reminder of your physical trauma and may affect your quality of life.

Provided that not too long a period of time has elapsed from sustaining the original injury and making scar injury claims, you should still be eligible for compensation for a scar injury. However, the time factor is important, and you are advised to speak with a personal injury lawyer about making scar injury claims for compensation at the earliest possible opportunity.

Claiming Compensation for a Scar Injury

Scar injury claims for compensation are not as frivolous as some people may think them to be. Although not life-threatening injuries, in many cases a large visible scar can affect a person´s willingness to integrate socially, can be a handicap when applying for jobs and lead to psychological injuries should the victim lose their self-esteem and lapse into depression.

Large scars can also restrict mobility and, whereas treatment is often available for the removal or concealment of the scar, plastic surgery is often beyond the financial means of many people. If you have sustained an injury which has resulted in a significant scar, you will identify with many of these reasons for making scar injury claims for compensation and should discuss your entitlement to scar injury compensation with an experienced lawyer.

Establishing Entitlement to Make Scar Injury Claims

If you have been left with a scar from an injury for which you were not entirely to blame, you should be entitled to make scar injury claims. Whether the initial injury resulted from a car collision, an incident at work or any accident while doing your shopping; provided that the original injury was due to the negligence of somebody who owed you a duty of care, it will be possible to make scar injury claims for compensation.

Once it has been established that you are entitled to make scar injury claims, the process for making a scar injury claim for compensation should be completed very quickly. A lawyer will compile a letter of claim to the negligent party´s insurers advising them that you are making a compensation for scar injury claim, stating the case for your claim and informing the insurance company how much compensation for a scar injury you are claiming. Provided that liability for your injury is not disputed, and the insurers agree with the lawyer´s assessment of your scar injury claim for compensation, a settlement should be negotiated without the need to pursue your scar injury compensation claim in court.

How Much Compensation for a Scar Injury?

How much compensation for a scar injury you will be entitled to receive will depend on many different factors. The visibility of the scar and restrictions to mobility are the two main considerations within a scar injury compensation claim, but how a scar injury has affected a person´s quality of life is also taken into account along with any quantifiable emotional trauma.

How much compensation for a scar injury will also vary depending on your age, gender and the complexion of your skin – with a fair-skinned younger woman receiving more compensation for a scar injury than a weather-beaten older man – even if the cause, size and location of the scar injury is identical. It may be possible to include the costs of plastic surgery to remove or conceal the scar in a scar injury compensation claim, but this will depend on the merit of the case.

Issues with Scar Injury Claims

One of the main issues about scar injury claims is that you only have three years from the date on which you sustained your original injury in which to make a claim for scar injury compensation. If you have waited a year or more to see if the visibility of a scar would diminish, or if your mobility reduced as the scar grew older, you should consider making a scar injury compensation claim as soon as possible.

One reason for such haste is due to a secondary issue; whereby your lawyer may well be asked why you failed to make an injury compensation claim at the time of your original injury, and waited until such time as evidence of negligence may have disappeared or the scar could have worsened due to your own negligence. These are issues with scar injury claims that can be overcome, but the longer it is left before a scar injury compensation claim is made, the harder these issues become to resolve.

Free Advice on Scar Injury Claims for Compensation

It is not feasible to cover every scenario in which claiming compensation for a scar injury is possible in one article – for example, no mention has been made of children who sustain scar injuries or if your scar was derived from negligent surgery. Therefore, if you would like to know more about making scar injury claims for compensation, you are invited to contact our service on 0800 044 3256.

Our Lawyers Advice Panel enables you to discuss any potential scar injury claims directly with an experienced lawyer, establish that you have a scar injury compensation claim which is worth your while to pursue and find out if you qualify for “Contingency Fee” legal representation.

All calls to our service are completely confidential and you will be offered practical and impartial advice without any pressure put upon you to proceed with a scar injury compensation claim.