Claiming Personal Injury Damages
The initial step to take if you have been involved in an accident is to record as much information as possible. This may involve, details of witnesses, date and time that the accident occurred and an account of what happened. This is always useful as your memory of events may be affected by the shock and stress of the accident.
If the incident was a road traffic accident, record the vehicle information such as the colour and make of the vehicle, the vehicle registration number and the name and address of the driver and their insurer, as well as the location of the accident. You also need to report the road traffic accident to the police straight away and make a note of the incident report.
If the accident occurred on public or private property, or the hazard might disappear (such as ice, snow, water or oil), you should also take photographs of the location or the hazard where possible.
If you were involved in an accident at work, or on the premises of a commercial property, you should ensure that the incident is reported and the details recorded in an accident book. If you are visiting or working at another premises, you will need to report the accident to not only the owner or occupier of the premises where the accident occurred but also your own employer. You may also need to consider whether the accident should be reported to the Health and Safety Executive or the Local Environmental Health Officers.
It is paramount to seek medical attention at the earliest opportunity if you have suffered a personal injury. You will need to keep records of any treatment you have required related to your accident and any expenses you have incurred, as it may be possible to reclaim these later. It is always important to ensure that the details of the accident such as the date and circumstances are briefly and accurately recorded by the medical advisers as these records are often important to corroborate the accident.
Finally obtain specialist accident claim advice from a qualified, expert, personal injury specialists, such as Ethical Claim Services. They will try and ascertain on how best to pursue your case.
It is necessary to ascertain who is at fault for the accident that caused your personal injury. As it must be proven that the person you are making a claim against owed you a duty of care, and this duty of care was breached (were negligent) or had broken some statutory provision to protect you, and that the injury you sustained was a reasonably foreseeable consequence of that negligence or wrongdoing. You can therefore only make an accident claim if someone else’s negligence caused the accident to occur, or they should have taken reasonable steps to prevent it. Ethical Claim Services and our solicitors will be able to collate all of the evidence in order to assess your case and advise on the best way to pursue a claim.
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