How Much Compensation For Eye Injury Claims?
Eye injury claims can be made by those who suffered an injury due to a liable party failing to comply with relevant health and safety laws. This may be your employer who has failed to provide you with protective eyewear when handling chemicals. Or, a smoke machine at a concert has malfunctioned after risk assessments were not run by the occupier of the arena, causing burns to your eyes.
Eye injuries can have a distressing and sometimes even permanent impact on your life. No matter how minor or severe your injuries are, you deserve compensation. Our solicitors want to help you. They’ll ensure that your injuries are accurately valued and any out-of-pocket expenses are considered.
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- Can I Claim For An Eye Injury?
- Common Eye Injury Claims Examples
- What Types Of Eye Injuries Can Be Claimed For?
- How Much Eye Injury Compensation Could I Claim For?
- What Will I Need To Bring An Eye Injury Claim?
- Making Eye Injury Claims With UK Law
- Learn More
Can I Claim For An Eye Injury?
Yes, you can claim for an eye injury if you can prove that someone with liability for your safety at a given time failed to act as a reasonable person or organisation, and this led to your eye injury. These eligibility criteria are detailed below:
You Were Owed a Duty of Care
Anyone who is expected to take practical measures to ensure that you are reasonably safe owes you a duty of care. This could be an employer who is expected to run risk assessments on machinery, per the Health and Safety At Work Act 1974. Or it could be an occupier who is expected to run maintenance checks as set out in the Occupiers Liability Act 1957.
That Duty of Care Was Breached
A failure to carry out these practical steps to ensure your reasonable safety amounts to a breach of duty. So, a driver not adhering to speed limits set in The Highway Code and Road Traffic Act 1988 causing a collision with your car amounts to a breach.
You Suffered an Injury or Illness
The final piece of eligibility criteria that you need to meet to make your claim is proof that you suffered an eye injury as a result of the third party breaching their duty. This proof can include updated medical records and scans of your eye showing the extent of the damage.
To discuss the eye injury claims eligibility criteria further and find out whether you are able to make your claim, call an advisor today.
Common Eye Injury Claims Examples
Eye injury claims are made due to accidents that take place in many different settings and scenarios. Some examples of scenarios where an injured party could have good grounds to make an eye injury claim are illustrated below.
Eye Injuries At Work
Splinters of wood enter your eye after not being given goggles to protect your eyes whilst working as a tree surgeon, causing temporary blindness.
Learn more about making an accident at work claim in our dedicated guide.
Public Place Eye Injuries
You have been walking back to your seat in a restaurant and food that has been dropped on the floor has not been cleaned in an efficient amount of time. This causes you to slip forward and suffer blunt-force trauma to your eye after hitting it off the corner of another table.
You can find out more in our public liability claim guide.
Injured Eye After A Road Traffic Accident
Shards of glass have left you completely blind in your left eye after a driver, who was overtaking dangerously on the motorway, collided with you and glass from the shattered windscreen penetrated your eye.
Find out more about making a road traffic accident compensation claim with our dedicated guide.
Medical Negligence Caused Eye Injuries
An operation intended to improve the sight in your right eye has led to more harm as the surgeon has not checked with you and your medical records. Therefore, they operated on the left eye, resulting in blurred vision.
You can find out more about making medical negligence compensation claims in our helpful guide.
Eye Injuries After Criminal Assault
In the traumatic event that your eye injury has been caused by a criminal assault, you can be awarded compensation by making your claim through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA). This authority has set tariffs to award different types of injuries that have been caused by a criminal assault in Great Britain.
More information about making criminal injury claims can be found in our dedicated guide.
Contact an advisor today to discuss the specific circumstances of your claim.
What Types Of Eye Injuries Can Be Claimed For?
There are a range of eye injuries that can be claimed for, some of which are listed below:
- Temporary or permanent blindness
- Blurred vision
- Damage to the eye from smoke or chemicals
- Foreign objects entering the eye, such as splinters
- Penetrating injuries from a weapon or glass
- Cuts to the cornea
- Orbital fractures
- Black eyes caused by blunt-force
You can find out what compensation you may receive for your specific eye injuries by contacting one of our helpful advisors today.
How Much Eye Injury Compensation Could I Claim For?
The eye injury compensation that you could claim for will depend on the severity of your injuries and the prognosis detailing how long your eye(s) will take to recover. This compensation will aim to cover the pain that you suffered, general damages. These may be calculated by your solicitor referring to the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG) to reach a decision. This document gives suggested amounts of compensation to award different injuries depending on their severity.
The table below has examples of suggested compensation amounts for eye injuries given by the JCG. It should be noted that these are just guidelines and your compensation will depend on the severity of your eye injuries specifically. Therefore, none of these amounts are guaranteed. Please also note that the first figure of the table was not taken from the JCG.
| Injury | Severity | Compensation Guideline |
|---|---|---|
| Multiple Severe Injuries | Multiple severe injuries with incurred financial losses such as rehabilitation, medical and travel expenses | Up to £1,000,000+ |
| Injuries Affecting Sight | Total blindness and deafness | In the region of £493,000 |
| Total Blindness | In the region of £327,940 | |
| Loss of sight in one eye and the remaining eye has reduced vision with risk of further deterioration | £117,150 - £219,400 | |
| Loss of sight in one eye and the remaining eye has reduced vision and other problems such as double vision | £78,040 - £129,330 | |
| Total loss of one eye | £66,920 - £80,210 | |
| Complete loss of sight in one eye | £60,130 - £66,920 | |
| serious but incomplete loss of vision in one eye but no significant risk of loss of vision in the other eye | £28,900 - £48,040 | |
| Minor but permanent impairment of vision in one or both eyes | £11,120 - £25,600 | |
| Minor eye injuries, such as being struck or exposure to fumes | £4,820 - £10,660 |
Can Eye Injury Claims Compensate For Financial Loss?
Yes, eye injury claims can compensate for financial loss under the head of claim, special damages. Any additional expenses that you have had to pay out because of your eye injury will be compensated for in your special damages provided you can supply evidence, such as payslips and receipts. This includes:
- Loss of earnings from being unable to attend work because of your eye injuries.
- Future loss of earnings if you are unable to return to your trade or profession because of blindness.
- Travel expenses where your impacted vision has left you unable to drive and you have had to purchase public transport tickets.
- Medical costs of eye drops or sprays and painkillers that you have had to purchase to help with the recovery of your eye injury.
- Rehabilitation sessions to help you readjust to life after losing your sight so that you can learn how to navigate.
To find out what damages may be considered in your compensation, contact an advisor today.
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What Will I Need To Bring An Eye Injury Claim?
To bring an eye injury claim, you will need evidence to prove the fault of the third party which led to your accident. You will also need to ensure that you are within the legal time limit to make your claim. Information on both the evidence that you will need for your eye injury claim and the limitation period can be found below.
How Can I Prove Liability For An Eye Injury?
To prove liability for an eye injury, you will need evidence such as images and official records to prove that negligence occurred. This can be images of your eye and faulty machinery at work. It may also include CCTV footage of your road traffic accident and the official report made to police who attended the scene. More examples of evidence that may support your eye injury claim can be found in our guide on evidence needed for a personal injury claim.
Eye Injury Compensation Claim Time Limit
The time limit for an eye injury compensation claim is generally 3 years from the date in which the accident occurred. If it was medical negligence that caused your eye injury, this deadline may begin from the date of knowledge. This is the date in which you realised your eye injury was caused by the fault of a medical professional. There are also some exceptions to the limitation period. You can find out more about the time limits to claim after an accident in our dedicated guide.
To discuss the evidence that will best support your eye injury claim, call an advisor today.
Making Eye Injury Claims With UK Law
Making eye injury claims with UK Law will partner you with the support of a dedicated and experienced solicitor. Details on the services and agreements that they offer can be found below.
Why Choose Our Expert Eye Injury Solicitors?
Choosing our expert eye injury solicitors will give your claim the best chance of succeeding. You will receive tailored advice and dedicated services to not only secure the maximum amount of compensation but also make the claims process as simple as possible for you. Some examples of the services that they offer are listed below:
- Advice, specific to your eye injury claim, on what evidence will best support, such as scans of your eye and ongoing optician appointment records
- Organising further assessments of your eye to confirm the extent of the damage and helping to organise assessments of the psychological damage that the accident has caused you
- Contacting any witnesses of your accident for a statement
- Carrying out any court proceedings and handling legal documents
- Conducting home visits where you do not feel confident navigating outside of your home after losing your sight.
No Win No Fee Eye Injury Claims
Choosing our expert injury solicitors will also give you the opportunity to enter a type of No Win No Fee arrangement known as a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA). The benefits of entering a CFA include:
- Not having to pay upfront or ongoing fees for the services of your solicitor
- No payment for the work of your solicitor is necessary if your claim is unsuccessful
- The majority of your compensation will be yours to keep if it succeeds. That’s because under the CFA, our solicitors take a small success fee. It will be deducted as a legally limited percentage of your compensation.
An advisor can explain how our solicitors can tailor their services to your needs.
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Learn More
Find more of our useful guides below:
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For further reading that may support you with your claim, see below:
- Learn how to request CCTV footage of your accident
- Read about the expectations of employers to provide PPE at work
- Find advice for road users
Thank you for reading our guide on eye injury claims. We hope you found it useful.
