I feel in such a dilemma regarding a personal injury claim for an accident I had a few weeks ago. I don't want to out myself by giving away too much so I will keep it vague without hopefully drip feeding.
I suffered a terrible accident in a public place. It involved paramedics, ambulance transfer to A&E, transfer to my local hospital then surgery and a 5 night stay in hospital. All is going well with my recovery and my initial rehab will take approximately 6 months with full function in around 2 years. I have very disfiguring scarring and will need further surgery. Basically, a lifelong impact although thankfully I will be able to get back to work in a few weeks and resume most of my normal activities.
The incident occurred due to defective flooring (worn metal). The HSE are involved and the local council have informed me an inspection has taken place - the establishment involved were duty bound to report due to the severity of the accident.
The repercussions have been enormous. DH was working abroad and had to be brought home (took 2 days). I have 2 pre-school DC and I am unable to do anything for them. I need help with the most basic tasks - washing & dressing myself etc. never mind looking after kids. My DH is paid per the day and we have lost a lot of money in wages due to him coming home - he does not get paid when not working. He will have to go back to work next week as all our savings are needed for next months bills. I will need to rely heavily on family and friends.
I have always been very disparaging of the "no win, no fee" solicitor adverts. I am gutted to be in the position of needing to claim. The dearth of crappy adverts encouraging people to claim, frankly, disgusts me. Since being housebound I am shocked at how many of these adverts are around.
I have been advised by my lawyer this morning that I have a very good case and they are happy to pursue legal action on my behalf. I feel shit about it and don't know what to do. My morals tell me it was an accident and not to claim, my bank balance tells me we are massively down on DH earnings and have lots of associated expenses due to the injury. I don't know what to do....
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Bingdweller · 28/08/2012 11:27
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