Compensation of permanent tinnitus after whiplash

BeenThroughItAll

bigjl wrote: »

Oh look a stalker.

Scary, isn't it.


Of course, I suppose the real explanation is that whilst Darkmatter can't actually remember the lies he has told for more than eleven seconds, he can remember conversations he's had with other posters. Conversations which have usually resulted in his being unmasked as a lying, trolling, puerile timewaster.

stator

nidO wrote: »

Well, no. The elephant in the room is that it's more likely that a lot of people with spurious unprovable injuries after accidents are indeed faking it for the compo, and the ENT specialist is undoubtedly spot on.
Whether this accurately applies to the OP or not I wouldn't comment on, but the OP pushed their specialist for his opinion, and got it.

Since there is no way to test for tinitus, any speculation a consultant makes about 'fakers' is no more grounded in fact than any speculation you or I could make.

aeroblade

bigjl wrote: »

And the difference between a cheaply tuned 335i and an M3 is?

The M3 is not pretending to be an M3

They're 2 completely different cars...

Gavin83

robiee4u wrote: »

I had a whiplash accident while I was a passenger in a car in 2011. I had whiplash related symptoms which disappeared but the accident caused moderate tinnitus which still persists.

The tinnitus had a huge impact on my life first couple of years but I have accepted it as a lifelong condition and kind of learnt to live with it. The ringing noise of the tinnitus does effect on the quality of my life though. Co-operative legal services have been dealing with my case since the beginning. The main problem is that the ENT specialist that I been referred many times has been reluctant to provide a prognosis as he said there is no way to tell if tinnitus exists and how long it may last. However, at last, has agreed to provide an estimated recovery period of 5 years on the basis that in his 35 year experience once litigation has concluded he often finds that clients will soon after make a full recovery.

The solicitor at Co-Op legal is leaving me no choice but to accept this and allow him to make the claim based on 5 years of sufferings while I am still suffering the tinnitus and I believe this is a lifelong symptom.
They also suggested that the total amount of claim will not be much different even if were able to prove the symptoms is life long.

They are proposing to claim £11K as compensation to me and 1K for my personal losses.

Should the compensation figure not be significantly higher than what they are proposing if the actual situation can be established that my condition is life long?
What should i do as the co-op legal service thinks that the court/judge will not like choosing another specialist for second opinion?

Is it worth moving to another solicitors, any suggestion or sharing of your experience will be really appreciated.

Many thanks.

How much are you looking for?

The issue you have is that your crash resulted in an undiagnosable injury which led onto a much more serious undiagnosable injury. It's the classic route of someone faking it to gain compo. Not saying it's true in your case but I don't blame the consultant for being wary.

It's up to you if you wish to take this up with another consultant but I'd say the result you've got is actually quite good, I'd imagine most wouldn't even give that.

I'd also make sure you have an amazing lawyer as this case is 50/50 and I can bet the insurance company won't scrimp on their legal representative.

straighttalker

Dragging this thread back on topic, if you hold out too long and feign an injury which seems to be dragging, the other party's insurer are well within their rights to instruct their own medical expert to provide his own diagnosis which may or may not discredit your own medical expert. If agreement cannot be reached, both experts will have to attend trial along with yourself to discuss the alleged injury.

[Deleted User]

Take the money Del...

I refer you to an episode of only fools and horses called Hole in one.

aeroblade

bigjl wrote: »

Hold on

Since when is an Audi A3 upmarket?

Surely I don't need to explain this to you? Of course it's all relative but compared to similar sized cars, such as focus, Astra, i30, civic, golf yes the A3 is the more upmarket premium car. Audi in the mass market segment of car manufacturers is a premium make.