Arm Injury Claims
How to make an Arm Injury Claim
You can make a no win, no fee Arm Injury Compensation Claim with the help of an expert personal injury solicitor.
“This is an excellent PI team, who are highly respected in the PI sector. Their team includes bright, hard-working solicitors dedicated to achieving successful outcomes for their clients”
“Osbornes is a well-regarded personal injury practice well equipped to advise on high-value and high-profile claims.”
An arm injury can be painful and restricting, especially if it affects your dominant arm. You use your arms for almost everything, so even a minor injury can impact the things you take for granted such as driving, washing or holding your children.
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Each year, over 100,000 people experience distal radius fractures. This is a common arm injury where one of the two long bones in the forearm breaks close to the wrist. Many more experience sprains, cuts, burns, dislocations and carpal tunnel syndrome, showing just how common arm injuries are.
Seeking compensation for an arm injury may not be the first thing on your mind. However, recovery can take several weeks or months and often requires time away from work. Making a claim allows you to recover compensation from the person or organisation at fault, which can help ease any financial worries and allow you to focus on your recovery.
What are the common types of arm injury?
The most common arm injury claims that our personal injury solicitors help people are listed below.
We have separate pages for elbow injuries, wrist injuries, hand injuries and finger injuries.
If your injury is not listed here, don’t worry. Our solicitors will still be able to help you as we are experienced in dealing with all types of personal injury and medical negligence claims including, distal bicep negligence compensation and bicep rupture due to clinical negligence.
Sprains, strains and muscle ruptures –often caused by overstretching, lifting heavy objects or repetitive strain from work or sports, muscle tears (ruptured bicep) and soft tissue injuries can be very painful. They often need long periods of rest to fully recover, which can be difficult when you need to use your arms every day.
Fractures – the humerus, ulna, radius or clavicle (collarbone) can all be broken in accidents such as falls or road accidents. These injuries can take months to heal and may need surgery, leaving you unable to work or carry out daily tasks.
Dislocations – dislocations occur when the bones of a joint are forced apart, causing pain and immobility. Simple dislocations do not generally require surgery. However, when fractures and torn tissues are also present, surgery is often necessary to repair the damage and to reduce the chance of elbow or shoulder instability.
Burns – the arms and hands are frequent places for burns to occur since they are among the more exposed parts of the body. Burns range in severity, and sufferers may experience significant psychological distress alongside the physical injury.
Repetitive Strain Injury – RSI is an umbrella term for musculoskeletal injuries caused by repetitive actions. Prolonged and repeated movements can cause damage to tendons, muscles, ligaments or soft tissues of the arm, causing chronic pain and weakness in the affected area.
Hand-arm vibration syndrome – Also known as vibration white finger, hand-arm vibration syndrome is an industrial injury caused by constant use of vibrating handheld machinery. If left untreated, it can cause permanent numbness and loss of dexterity in the affected hand.
Crush injuries – crush injuries occur when a limb is crushed between two objects, for example, in a workplace machinery accident. They can rank among the most serious injuries, often requiring multiple surgeries or even amputation.
What are the common causes of an arm injury?
Many arm injuries are sustained on the road.
According to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, 40% of cyclists injured in a bicycle accident sustain an arm injury. Pedestrians are also vulnerable to arm injuries since they have no protection in a collision.
Accidents that happen during sports and slips, trips and falls in a public place may also result in an arm injury. It is natural to put your arms out when you fall to protect your body, and the impact of hitting the ground can cause fractures and dislocations.
Arm injuries at work are also common. They fall into two categories:
- One-off accidents at work, such as a fall from a ladder, lifting injuries in a warehouse, construction site injuries and burns sustained in a commercial kitchen.
- Arm injuries that result from exposure to workplace hazards over a period of time. For example, carpal tunnel syndrome and repetitive strain injury commonly affect office workers who perform repetitive work like data entry and vibration white finger affects workers who use vibrating power tools at work.
If your employer didn’t give you the correct personal protective equipment and training you needed to avoid injuries like this, then it’s likely we can help you. By not taking all reasonable steps to keep you safe at work, your employer may well have acted negligently.
Am I eligible to make an arm injury claim?
In general, you can make a claim if:
- You were involved in an accident in the last three years
- The accident was caused by someone else’s negligence
- You suffered an arm injury as a result
We realise that responsibility for an accident is not always clear-cut. For example, if you failed to lift heavy items at work the way you were taught to, and this led to a bicep rupture, then your actions may blur the lines of responsibility.
However, even if you think you were partly at fault, you may still be eligible to make a claim.
The best way to find out is to get in touch with our personal injury solicitors on 020 4502 8630. They will tell you if you are eligible to make a claim for arm injury compensation and, if so, what the next steps will be.
How is arm injury compensation calculated?
Personal injury compensation aims to put you back in the position you were in before the accident happened. It cover two separate aspects of your arm injury:
- Pain and suffering. Known as ‘general damages,’ this is the amount of money you will receive for your injury itself, including how much pain it has caused you and how long it will take you to recover. The more severe and long-lasting the injury, the higher the amount of general damages you are likely to receive.
- Financial losses. Known as ‘special damages’, this is reimbursement of the expenses and financial losses your arm injury has caused you or is likely to cause you in the future. Special damages might include:
- Lost earnings due to time off work
- Anticipated lost future income, if you can no longer work at your current salary
- Medical treatment
- Physiotherapy
- Travel costs
- Modifications to your home or vehicle
How much compensation can you claim for a broken arm?
Solicitors and judges use a variety of tools to help them decide the value of an arm injury claim. One of those tools is the guidebook to personal injury compensation published by the Judicial College. The book distils previous personal injury awards into a series of tariffs which solicitors use as a starting point for settlement negotiations.
To give you an idea of the range of awards for arm injuries, here are some current guideline amounts:
- Simple fracture to the forearm – £6,610 to £19,200
- Moderate vibration white finger where it’s possible to work – £8,000 to £16,000
- Moderate arm injury with some recovery – £19,200 to £39,170
- Severe arm injury with permanent disablement – £39,170 to £59,860
- Loss of one arm below the elbow – £96,160 to £109,650
- Loss of both arms – £240,790 to £300,000
The figures are for guidance only and relate to the general damages aspect of a claim. They do not include the monetary value that can be added for financial losses such as loss of earnings.
Some of other different types of claim we can help with include:
- Bicep injury compensation claims
- Vibration white finger compensation claims
- Broken arm compensation claims
How long do I have to claim?
In most cases, you will need to make your claim within three years of the accident or when the condition was diagnosed.
There are exceptions for claims involving children and vulnerable people. Please get in touch with our team as soon as possible to find out if you are within the statutory time limit for making a claim.
What’s the process for making an arm injury claim?
To make a claim successfully, your solicitor must be able to prove that another person or organisation is liable for the accident, and that the accident caused your injuries. When you contact us, we will listen carefully to your account of the accident and ask you some questions to get a clear picture of what has happened.
If we believe you have a valid claim, we will talk you through your options and what the legal process will look like if you decide to make a claim. There is no obligation to pursue a claim with us, and all initial consultations are free.
The vast majority of arm injury claims can be made on a no win no fee basis. No win no fee means you don’t pay any legal fees upfront. If we do not win your case, there’s nothing to pay.
Why choose Osbornes Law?
At Osbornes Law, our team of experienced and dedicated personal injury solicitors have been successfully representing clients for over 50 years. Our specialist knowledge and expertise in handling arm injury claims means we can provide you with the best possible legal advice and representation.
We have particular expertise in serious injury claims, where compensation figures can run into hundreds of thousands or millions of pounds. We are also proud members of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, which represent personal injury solicitors, barristers, academics and students.
What other types of injuries can I claim for?
We have helped clients claim compensation for a wide range of injuries including:
Osbornes prepares cases well; the whole team is good and lawyers there know their stuff.
They deal with people compassionately and take on the right amount of detail. The firm has some really brilliant key solicitors.
The personal injury team is responsive and its level of service towards clients and other professionals is exceptional and high quality
The team offers specialist expertise in cycling-related injury claims and regularly acts for foreign nationals.
It has considerable experience in cases arising from motor accidents and accidents at work
Osbornes is a well-regarded personal injury practice well equipped to advise on high-value and high-profile claims.
Their team includes bright, hard-working solicitors dedicated to achieving successful outcomes for their clients from partner level to paralegal. Their client care is exceptional.
They are a team who are highly respected in the PI sector.
This is an excellent PI team doing a broad range of PI work.
Osbornes’ ‘highly respected‘ personal injury team is experienced in a range of complex, high-value claims, with notable strength in acting for European clients for whom English is not a first language.
Osbornes’ ‘highly respected‘ personal injury team is experienced in a range of complex, high-value claims
Osbornes’ ‘highly respected‘ personal injury team is experienced in a range of complex, high-value claims.
"Osbornes always provides work of excellent quality and the advice is sound."
"The firm has the ability to handle the most sophisticated and complex matters."
"Osbornes is always client-focused and works tirelessly to obtain the best outcomes."
'The team deals with multi-million pound, often multifaceted claims, involving such factors as severe brain, psychiatric, gynaecological and spinal injury, major trauma, amputation and fatality.'
"They are a boutique firm with highly experienced partners who are well-respected in the industry."
"The team at Osbornes deals with catastrophic injury claims with the same professionalism as the largest firms, but provides a much more client-focused experience."
"A really first-rate team, well capable of dealing with the most serious and complex injuries."
"This team has carved out an exceptional reputation in catastrophic injury work."
"Osbornes has impressed me with their personal touch for clients whilst offering a first-class handling of catastrophic injury claims. The partners all have vast experience and are highly respected in their field."
"This is a really excellent personal injury team that can be regarded as one of the major players in the London claimant personal injury market."
"Osbornes have managed to recruit a team of outstanding catastrophic injury lawyers who are at the top of the game."
"They punch well above their weight. The quality of service they provide equals that of any of the larger top-name firms in this area"
Ben Posford is fiercely bright, with an unrivalled passion for his clients’ cases. His encyclopaedic knowledge of all things PI is second to none. His foresight and commercial nous have propelled Osbornes into the highest echelons of the market where they rightly belong.
The firm has an excellent and innovative line in cases involving non-English speaking claimants, managed by recruiting paralegals with multi-language skills – an impressive route for expansion of the caseload.
Great expanding team with expertise and respect in the sector. Led by a commercially savvy and business minded team.
A really excellent group of PI solicitors, notable for their individual quality.’
A niche firm that punches well above its weight in the catastrophic injury sector, borne out by the quality of work they obtain.
This combination of experience and diligence reaps massive rewards for clients, Osbornes being well known in the industry as a fantastic firm.
The Osbornes personal injury team now comprises some of the most technically adept and hard hitting lawyers in the business.
Ben Posford is one of London’s best catastrophic injury lawyers, in my view. He is a real brain injury specialist.
Excellent coverage of personal injury, and traumatic brain injury. There is a real specialism in claimants who do not speak English as a first language.
The group is noted for its expertise in matters relating to cycling injuries, and is the official legal partner of the London Cycling Campaign charity.
To complement its strong reputation for high-value and complex personal injury work, the firm continues to develop its 'excellent and innovative line in cases involving non-English speaking claimants'
"Osbornes comprises some of the most technically adept and hard hitting lawyers in the business"
"A small but high-powered team, dealing with cases of significant value and complexity."
"An excellent firm which achieves fantastic outcomes for clients."
"Osbornes Law have captured the magic of keeping the customer service levels of a smaller firm whilst having all the expertise and power of the biggest firms."
"A superb boutique catastrophic injury firm."
"Really good at dealing with people who have suffered a serious injury."
"Affable and charming with very good client-handling skills."
"superb firm with consummate professionals and a human touch."
Osbornes now has a team of highly experienced personal injury lawyers; particularly strong on high-value quantum cases, workplace accidents and claims involving foreign workers injured in the UK.
The team provides fantastic strength-in-depth for personal injury claims. It is also particularly well placed to service clients from Eastern Europe with specialist native language speakers. From the smallest case to a multimillion-pound spinal injury case, Osbornes has the right staff to manage every claim.
Ben Posford remains pre-eminent in his field with expert understanding of litigating cases of the upmost severity. His experience builds on Stuart Kightley’s running of the firm with recent partner additions of Rob Aylott making a fantastic addition.
A firm going from strength-to strength-which retains its client care whilst being able to offer a full personal injury service.
Beneath Ben Posford’s calm and reassuring presence, which clients love, lies a formidable tactical and legal brain. His experience tells and he gets it right at every stage of the process from arranging the best possible rehabilitation, to ensuring, so far as possible, a polite relationship with those acting for the defendant in order to ensure best and early resolution of the claim.
"Clients say he is very impressive, in terms of both his experience and his management of the personal injury team."
"They have an expanding profile in personal injury and clinical negligence and offer a superb, broad service in accidents abroad, enabled by their recruitment of bilingual legal executives who can guide non-English speakers through complex litigation."
"Solid personal injury practice well equipped to advise on high-value and high-profile claims arising from fatalities and severe head and spinal injuries."
"Offers specialist expertise in cycling-related injury claims."
"Offers specialist expertise in cauda equina syndrome cases."
"An exceptional outfit. They take on difficult cases, fight hard and win."
"Stuart Kightley is an incredibly empathetic solicitor who is very knowledgeable about traumatic brain injury."
"They are an outstanding firm to work with. They are consistently impressive in their work."
"Osbornes often handles claims valued at over £1m, particularly relating to severe brain and spinal cord injuries and niche areas such as cauda equina syndrome and cycling accidents."
"The hard-working, thorough and committed Robert Aylott, who brings significant heavyweight personal injury experience."
"Key team members include the energetic and personable Stuart Kightley who is head of the personal injury department."
"Osbornes has a growing influence and impressive work load and is gaining a reputation for handling complex catastrophic work."
"Catastrophic injury cases head Ben Posford is an excellent practical litigator who offers exceptional service."
"Stuart is also very experienced in advising on fatal accidents and workplace accidents."
Thank you for the hard work and patience and for being so patient with my constant questions.
"I have found Osbornes to be thorough, clear and understanding from the initial call. They do exactly what they say they will and with passion! I would recommend them to anyone".
Very good efficient service. Would not hesitate to use again.
I will use Osbornes for any future needs.
I don't think I could have asked for anything more. One of the best dealings I've had with the legal profession.
Sam was excellent and very professional in dealing with our claim.
Head of the personal injury department, Stuart Kightley is a first-rate practitioner, wholly focused on getting his client the best outcome in a pragmatic, sensible and consensual manner.
As a real specialist in spinal cord injuries, Ben Posford is always looking at new angles on how to maximise his cases.
Ben Posford is one of the best catastrophic injury lawyers around.
They provide exceptional service, great knowledge and understanding of the law, excellent client care and tactical nous
Stuart Kightley is praised for his expertise in catastrophic and fatal claims. Clients say he is very impressive, in terms of both his experience and his management of the personal injury team.
My claim was dealt with efficiently and professionally. Communication was excellent, and timely. Shrewd and sound advice was provided at every stage of the claim from beginning through to completion. On the basis of my personal experience I would strongly recommend Osbornes.
I just wish to thank you for your hard work and successful outcome. I am pleased with the result and would recommend you and your firm to anyone in the future.
Ben Posford … is ‘tactically astute’ and ‘one of the best personal injury solicitors around’.
Ben Posford ‘knows how to maximise the value of the claim for his clients’.
