Type of Claims for Personal Injury Lytham St Annes

Personal injury victims sometimes find it hard to decide whether it is worth making a claim for their accident. To give you a better idea of what type of personal accident claims can be made, John McNeilly asks personal injury lawyers about the most common type of claims and their predictions about what people will claim for in the future.

Work accidents

Workplace injuries are on the increase, according to personal injury lawyer Richard Dugdale of law firm William Sturges who says his firm has noticed an increase in personal accident claims from workplace injuries. Thanks to a recent raft of EEC regulations on health and safety, Dugdale predicts that personal injury lawyers will receive even more work in this area. New rules have meant that, in turn, employers across the board have had to re-assess the procedures that they employ to prevent injuries.

Personal injury lawyer David Urpeth, of Irwin Mitchell, also notes “a disappointingly high number of accidents in the construction and farming industries.” Personal injury is of course more likely in these workplaces but he laments the fact that more stringent safety measures have not put pay to this trend.

Work diseases/illnesses

Personal injury claims particularly look set to rise thanks to new lifting regulations. Personal injury solicitors warn employers that they can affect those in a variety of careers ranging.

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