Car Crash - Child Injury claim

ses6jwg

its your childrens money, not yours

geri1965_2

poet123 wrote: »

How does this statement equate to cause for a claim for damages sustained?

Because you can claim for any injury, no matter how minor. Bruising which resolves in a short space of time won't be worth a great deal, but very often "bruising" turns out to be something else, e.g. ligament damage which isn't apparent at the time.

I claimed compensation from Tesco for grazes/scratches to my hand caused by their carrier bag recycling thing. It was only £100 in vouchers, but "every little helps"!

susannicola

when my grandson was young he was in a car crash, he suffered broken ribs and whiplash, his money was put in trust through the courts he recieved when he was 18, it had nearly doubled as its put in a high interest account

ROY47

How rediculous this system has become

Where there's a blaim there's a claim is out of control

" My wife crashed here car into a lamp post in June, my 2 children where with her at the time all walked away, with minor brusing "

Talk about extracting the urine

kids claiming of their mother :eek: :eek:

it's rediculous as they walked away with minor bruising only why is compensation being paid ?

vaio

poet123 wrote: »

How does this statement equate to cause for a claim for damages sustained?

ROY47 wrote: »

.....it's rediculous as they walked away with minor bruising only why is compensation being paid ?

I’m guessing much the same way as if I knocked you over in the street causing minor bruising you'd have a civil case and I'd quite likely be facing a criminal court on a s39 assault charge.

Just because they are children and a car was involved doesn’t change that (if anything I’d say it makes it more worthy)

Quentin

ROY47 wrote: »

.....it's rediculous as they walked away with minor bruising only why is compensation being paid ?

It makes no difference whether the negligence was by the parent or a stranger!

The children deserved to be compensated, for their injuries/pain etc and luckily the OP had access to solicitors who were able to pursue this on behalf of the minors.

Crazy_Jamie

BAA1 wrote: »

If the compensation payment was justified (I'm not saying it wasn't) then couldn't the parents be named as trustees ? - who has the solicitor named as the trustees.

The trustee of the amount by default is the litigation friend of the children. That is highly likely to be the father, given that the mother was the one who the action was brought against. You cannot be a litigation friend for the Claimant whilst also being the Defendant, for obvious reasons of conflict of interest.

mikey72 wrote:

Whoever told you the first bit should have told you the second bit as well really.

Indeed, and in fact it will be explained to you at the Infant Settlement Approval Hearing, which you will be required to attend if you are their litigation friend, which I strongly suspect is the case.

sarahg1969 wrote:

Agreed. You would have to make an application to the court to release some of the funds. The court would want to know what the money would be used for, and the judge would decide if that was a good reason.

True, and just to add slightly more information, but money will not be released for something that you would ordinarily be expected to purchase for the children in the ordinary course of things (e.g. clothes, food). It has to be some other expense. A classic example is purchasing a laptop for the purpose of school work. If you do make such an application it must generally be supported by evidence (e.g. proof of the price of a laptop). Unless the children do really need the money, it is best to just leave it where it is until they are 18.

ROY47

still taking the p... claiming off a parent for minor bruising

Next thing will be if my daughter falls over in my back garden and gets a bruise on her leg I will need to get a solicitor to get her compensation !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ellogg

Seems like a couple of upset people on here today:mad:, but I think if these people were in the same situation they would claim. Anyway I was asking a couple of questions and got some good answers from some genuine people. I have made the claim for my children, I pay for mine and my wifes car insurance I have also paid the increased preimums on my wifes insurance which would have been added with or without the claim for my children. I pay all my taxes etc. why not claim?:)

Thanks again everyone

Ellogg:money:

mikey72

Why do people hate the word compensation?

I object to insurers selling information to claim management companies, then blaming the same companies for increasing costs, but if you pay for insurance, and do have a genuine claim, go for it.
I would certainly claim off the insurer my wife pays money to, and would hope she would claim from the company I pay for cover from, if we need to.
It would be the same for anyone I hope.

The only hiccup here appears to be the op hasn't had all the correct information initially, so what is wrong in asking the right questions now?