Chest injury compensation  

If you have suffered a chest injury that was not your fault you may be entitled to compensation.

Thompsons has been helping people for over a century, so we are truly experts in personal injury claims and have the experience you need to make a claim for compensation.

In this article, our specialist personal injury solicitors answer your questions on chest injury claims.

What is a chest injury claim?

A chest injury claim can arise through:

• A accident at work such as a crush injury, assault, construction injury or exposure to a hazardous substance  
• road traffic collision  
• medical negligence such as a failure to diagnose rib fractures or causing a chest injury during surgery
• Slip, trip or falls
• Military injury    
• industrial disease or occupational lung disease such as black lung or asbestosis

Typical chest injuries involve:

• Fractured ribs or sternum
• Collapsed lung
• Penetrating chest injury  
• Soft tissue injuries  
• Obnoxious exposure resulting in disease

There are many other types of chest injury, so you can always speak to our personal injury experts for a no obligation discussion. Contact us today to find out more about how we can help you with a no win, no fee compensation claim.  

Who can claim compensation for a chest injury?  

Whatever type of chest injury you have sustained, we will need to be able to show that:

• The defendant owed you a duty of care.  
• The defendant was negligent.  
• You sustained a chest injury due to the defendant’s negligence or your chest condition was worsened by their actions.

You can bring a chest injury claim on your own behalf, on behalf of your child or someone who does not have the capacity to bring their claim. It is also possible to bring a fatal accident claim for a chest injury.  

There are strict time limits to start a chest injury claim, so it is best to speak to a personal injury solicitor as soon as you can do so. That way you know the time limits applicable to you and know how to take the next steps to begin a no win, no fee compensation claim.

The amount you may recieve in compensation for your injury depends on the severity of the injury and its impact on you. For example, depending on your job, you may have needed to be off work without full pay. Your chest injury may also have resulted in ongoing health problems, so you may no longer be able to return to a physically demanding job.

Every situation and injury is unique, that is why your compensation needs to be carefully assessed by our solicitors, taking into account what you have been through and how the injury has affected you. As experts in chest injury claims, we can then calculate a compensation award for you based on:

• Your pain and suffering.
• Money spent by you – for example, the cost of going to hospital appointments or replacing clothing damaged in the incident.
• Losses incurred by you.  
• Future losses or expenditure - for example, reduction in your earnings capacity if you are no longer able to work full time.  

If you want to find out how we can help you with your chest injury claim or about how no-win, no-fee funding works, please call one of our specialist solicitors today.  

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