Monday 12 December 2011

Criminal Injury Claims

Compensation claims can be made for a whole variety of things including accidents at work, defective products and road accidents which can all be horrible things to go through but perhaps the least pleasant reason to make a claim is from criminal injury.

This is unfortunately a daily occurrence with many people being criminally injured in a variety of different ways. Attacks when out socialising, mugging, violent burglary and sexual assault are just some of the types of criminal injury you may experience that you could claim for.

If you experience criminal injury it is very important that you do two things in order to maximise your chances of a successful claim. The first is to report the incident to the police. You will most likely want to do this anyway in order to try and get some justice and you will find it very difficult to make a claim for criminal injury without reporting it to the police.

The second thing you need to do is seek medical attention. Not only is it important that you do this to get your injuries treated but it is a vital piece of evidence in your claim. Compensation claims are much more likely to be successful if you can prove that you aren’t making up or exaggerating your injuries.

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