By Stephen Hudson. Last Updated 9th October 2024. Knee injuries can be sustained in all manner of ways, such as accidents at work, slips, trips and falls on wet floors, and road traffic accidents. Over the years, we’ve helped many of our clients make a successful knee injury claim for compensation. This article will look at how to claim for a knee injury, and provide examples of possible knee injury compensation amounts.
The impact a knee injury can have can be significant. Pain and discomfort aside, such an injury can force you to take time off work and potentially miss out on wages.
No matter what type of accident you’ve been involved in, if you were injured and it was not your fault, there’s a chance that you could be entitled to knee injury compensation.
Our advisors are here to help if you would like to claim for a knee injury. They can provide a free consultation, where a member of our team can evaluate your claim, offer free legal advice, and more. To get started:
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- Average Compensation Payout For A Knee Injury Claim
- How Long Do I Have To Claim For A Knee Injury?
- What Are Common Knee Injuries?
- Making A Knee Injury Claim After An Accident At Work
- Knee Injury Claims For Accidents In Public Places
- Knee Injury Claims Following A Road Traffic Accident
- Can I Make A Knee Injury Claim With A No Win No Fee Solicitor?
Average Compensation Payout For A Knee Injury Claim
Some people may ask whether there is an average compensation payout for knee injury. Personal injury claims such as these are assessed on a case-by-case basis and therefore the final payouts do vary.
Compensation for knee injury claims can include up to two heads: general damages and special damages.
General damages compensate you for the pain and suffering that your injury has caused you. Those who value personal injury claims may use a document called the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG) to assess the value of knee injury compensation. This document lists compensation brackets for various injuries at different severity levels.
Some of the figures found in the JCG document are included in the table below, which should be viewed as a guide only. Please also note that the first entry in this table has not been taken from the JCG.
| Injury | Severity | Guideline Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Multiple Serious Injuries And Special Damages | Serious | Up to £150,000 |
| Knee Injury | Severe (i) | £85,100 to £117,410 |
| Severe (ii) | £63,610 to £85,100 | |
| Severe (iii) | £31,960 to £53,030 | |
| Moderate (i) | £18,110 to £31,960 | |
| Moderate (ii) | Up to £16,770 | |
| Severe Leg Injury | Very Serious | £66,920 to £109,290 |
| Serious | £47,840 to £66,920 | |
| Moderate | £33,880 to £47,840 | |
| Less Serious Leg Injury | (i) Fractures | £21,920 to £33,880 |
| (ii) Simple Fracture | £11,120 to £17,180 |
Special damages compensate you for any of the financial losses you may have suffered due to your knee injury. Some examples include:
- A loss of earnings, both past and future, if you’ve needed to take time off work.
- Travel costs to medical appointments.
- Care costs if you’ve required someone to care for you.
- Medical expenses, such as prescriptions you’ve had to pay for yourself.
Providing evidence of these financial losses can help you claim special damages. Documents such as payslips, receipts, invoices, and bank statements could be provided as evidence.
Contact our advisors for free today if you would like to ask any questions about knee injury compensation amounts and how much your case may be worth.
How Long Do I Have To Claim For A Knee Injury?
For knee injury claims, the time limit to begin claiming is 3 years, as stated in The Limitation Act 1980. The time limit begins from the date you incurred your injury.
However, this standard time limit for personal injury claims will not apply for certain claimants. This is if the claimant is either:
- Under 18 years old.
- Lacking the mental capacity to claim themselves.
In these cases, while the time limit is paused, a litigation friend can be appointed to start the claim on behalf of the claimant. However, if a litigation friend has not stepped in by the time the claimant either:
- Turns 18 years old.
- Recovers their mental capacity.
Then the usual time limit will commence as normal.
To learn more about knee injury compensation amounts and about the claims time limit, please contact us
What Are Common Knee Injuries?
There are numerous ways a knee may be injured following an accident caused by another party breaching the duty of care they owed you. While some injuries may lead to a full recovery within several weeks or months, more serious damage to the knee could have a long-term or permanent effect on a person’s mobility. The amount of knee injury compensation you may receive following a successful claim will largely depend on how much pain your injury causes and how much it disrupts your day-to-day life.
Examples of potential injuries that may be covered in a knee injury claim include:
- Fractures or dislocations involving the bones that make up the knee joints.
- Damage to the cartilage (living tissue) in the knee, such as a meniscus tear.
- Knee ligament injuries, such as a tear to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) which will require surgical treatment.
- Muscle injuries, such as strained or torn hamstrings.
- Cuts or lacerations on the knee.
To ask questions regarding whether you can claim for your knee injury or other related matters such as knee injury compensation amounts, get in touch with our advisors for free today.
Making A Knee Injury Claim After An Accident At Work
Your employer owes you a duty of care. This is set out by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, which states that they must take all reasonably practicable steps to keep you safe while you are working. Should your employer breach their duty of care, resulting in an injury, you could potentially seek personal injury compensation by making a knee injury claim.
In addition, certain workplace incidents must be reported by your employer to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrence Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR). These include incidents that result in an employee being unable to perform their normal work duties for more than 7 consecutive days and other serious injuries.
If you would like to discuss the incident that caused your knee injury and find out if you could be eligible for compensation, speak with an advisor.
Knee Injury Claims For Accidents In Public Places
You may also be eligible to make a knee injury claim for an injury you suffered in a public place.
In a public place, you are owed a duty of care by the person who is in control of the space. This is set out by the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957. It states that the “occupier” must take all the necessary steps to ensure your reasonable safety while you are using that public space for its intended purpose.
Failure to do so could lead to a public place accident in which you sustain an injury to the knee. For example:
- If you had slipped on a wet surface in a supermarket with no wet floor signs in place
- Sustained a knee injury from a fall down broken stairways that was left open to public use
- Tripped on a pothole on a pavement with no barriers in place
Then you may be eligible to claim knee injury compensation for your injury.
You can reach out to one of our advisers for direct insight into your eligibility to start a claim or read the rest of our guide to see compensation awards from knee injury compensation claims.
Knee Injury Claims Following A Road Traffic Accident
You may be seeking compensation for a knee injury following a road traffic accident. All road users owe one another a duty of care to use the roads in a way that prevents harm. To uphold this duty, they are expected to follow the Road Traffic Act 1988 and the Highway Code.
However, as we’ve already mentioned, a breach of this duty of care is not enough to form a knee injury compensation claim. You must also be able to prove that your injuries are a result of this breach. If you can do this, then you may be able to make a personal injury claim.
If you have suffered a knee injury in a road traffic accident, contact our team of advisors today. They can provide more information on claiming for an accident on the road and offer guidance on knee injury claims.
Can I Make A Knee Injury Claim With A No Win No Fee Solicitor?
Now that we’ve discussed examples of knee injury compensation amounts, you might be interested in learning about the benefits of No Win No Fee solicitors. Not only will they be able to use their experience to cover all the bases of your personal injury claim, but they also won’t expect you to pay them for their work if your claim is not successful.
Other benefits of hiring a solicitor under a No Win No Fee agreement typically include:
- No upfront payment required
- Any ongoing fees during the claims process are usually covered
- The success fee that your solicitor deducts from your knee injury compensation in the event of a successful claim is legally capped so you cannot be overcharged
Our expert personal injury solicitors could help you claim compensation for a knee injury under a No Win No Fee arrangement. To find out more:
- Call at any time on our free 24/7 advice line on 0800 073 8804
- Fill out your details in our online claim form and we’ll contact you
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Thank you for reading our guide to making a knee injury claim.
