Hand Injuries
Each of our hands contain 27 bones, which includes the wrist; when you think of this as well as the number of nerves, arteries, veins, muscles, tendons, ligaments and joint cartilage that our hands contain you can start to see that an accident involving your hand can leave you suffering severe injury.
Due to the structure of your hand even the slightest damage to the underlying aspects such as damage to your muscles, tendons etc can cause harm and disability that can lead to long term effects and very substantial hand injuries.
There are many ways in which you can suffer from a hand injury such as a road traffic accident, slip, trip or fall, work place accident or a sports related accident. Any of these could leave you with severe injury to your hand and in many cases these hand injuries occur through no fault of your own.
If you are one of the 10% of people who end up in Accident & Emergency after suffering from an accident, such as the ones named above, then you could be entitled to make a claim for compensation, in which case we can help you here at Help With Your Claim.
At Help With Your Claim we have specialist solicitors on hand to help you from start to finish with your hand injury claim. We can help you to gain the compensation that is rightfully yours after you have suffered from an accident that has left you with a hand injury.
In a successful compensation claim the amount of damages that you receive will depend on the severity of your injury. Below are some examples of the amount of compensation that you will be awarded in a successful compensation claim after suffering a hand injury:
- Severe dislocation of the thumb £3,000
- Fracture of finger, good recovery £1,500
- Loss of part of little finger £2,750
- Serious injury, ring or middle finger £7,000
- Loss of fingers £9,000
- Fracture, impairment of grip £5,800
- Total loss both hands £80,000
These are just a guide to the amount of compensation that you will be awarded in a successful claim. The amount that you will actually receive depends on your individual circumstances.
To find out where you stand legally with making a claim for compensation get in touch with us here at Help With Your Claim and we will help you in anyway that we can with your claim for compensation.


