Eye Injury Compensation Claim Lawyers : Canadian Law
Most eye injury compensation claims arise from incidents in the workplace although a small percentage is also due to motor vehicle collisions and criminal assault. The most common injuries arise from exposure to irritant or caustic liquids and gases in an industrial environment and may be accompanied by severe facial scarring. Most irritants do not cause permanent damage however even a splash of strong acid or strong alkali can cause permanent and severe damage in a matter of moments. In both cases the strength of the solution that is capable of causing severe injury is well below the level commonly described as concentrated. Strong acids and strong alkalis are found in many industrial environments but are also encountered at home in the form of battery acid and brick cleaner (acid) or drain and oven cleaner (alkali).
Physical Trauma
A lesser cause of eye injury compensation claims relates to physical trauma of the eye or the eye socket or the bone adjacent to the eye which is caused by blunt instrument force usually as a result of a criminal assault, a motor vehicle accident or equipment failure whilst at work. Further injuries may also be caused in similar circumstances due to lacerations or corneal abrasions or foreign bodies in the eye which are a constant hazard for lathe workers.
Negligence
In almost all of the above cases an eye injury compensation claim will be possible on the basis of negligence by a third party usually another road user or an employer. In general terns negligence is a failure to take reasonable care :-
“Negligence is the omission to do something
which a reasonable man, guided upon those
considerations which ordinarily regulate the
conduct of human affairs, would do, or doing
something which a prudent and reasonable man
would not do.”
Compensation
Whilst there are statutory no fault schemes for injuries at work and motor vehicle injuries, neither of them provides realistic damages with no comparison to the award that even a modest eye injury compensation claim would attract in a court of law. Eye injury compensation claims can be one of the highest value legal actions in the case of blindness, partial blindness or impaired sight. Damages awards are divided into two main categories, both of which attract interest, relating to the method of calculation used to reach the appropriate figure for the personal injury award :-
General Damages require assessment by a judge and include pain and suffering and compensation for loss of amenity.
Special Damages represents items that can be quantified exactly and include loss of wages and all other reasonably incurred expenses.
Legal Charges
Our brain injury lawyers do not charge any up-front fees – our legal costs are payable only when you receive your award of compensation. We don’t get paid until you get paid. We make accident claims risk free, leaving you to concentrate on your recovery, while we get you the injury compensation that you rightfully deserve.