Most people have heard of the term ‘personal injury’, but how often do injury lawyers deal with cases psychological personal injury?
Accident victims are often able to claim compensation for the negligence of their company, especially if their employer wasn’t adhering to health and safety standards at the time. However, psychological personal injury can be just as damaging as physical harm. You may be surprised to learn that more and more victims of this acute kind of personal injury are looking at ways of gaining much-deserved compensation for their condition – a procedure that can be simplified by getting in touch with a team of specialist lawyers such as Accidents Direct.
In the eyes of your solicitors, psychological personal injury can come about as a result of a range of different circumstances, any or all of which may be isolated or interlinked depending on your situation. Being involved in an upsetting or traumatic incident as a consequence of your employer’s actions counts as an event that could potentially contribute to emotional injury. Similarly, if your employer is forcing you to remain absent from work, take unjustified leave, or driving you to change your career entirely, the pressure of the situation can take its toll on your wellbeing.
Perhaps you’ve recently had an accident at work and the after-effects of the incident have led to huge changes in your personal and professional life? Due to a prolonged period of sickness or recovery, you may have missed out on earnings and can no longer provide yourself and your family with financial stability.
Whatever’s happened to you of late, the stress of your new position can easily contribute to mental illness of varying severity. You may be displaying symptoms of anxiety, depression or post-traumatic stress, all of which can greatly reduce your quality of life and make it incredibly difficult to face life after falling victim to a life-changing accident at work.  Â
There’s a good chance that you may be entitled to compensation for your emotional or psychological suffering. We recommend that you get in touch with a team of fully-qualified compensation lawyers to discover how their experience and expertise could potentially ease your situation.
Accidents Direct understands that you’re likely to be going through an upsetting time and will handle all psychological personal injury compensation claims with complete sensitivity and confidentiality. We want to make sure that you’re completely comfortable with the entire claims procedure and that we discuss all available opportunities with you prior to any decisions. For more information about our psychological personal injury compensation processes, or to discuss your options after any recent accident at work, call Accidents Direct at your earlier opportunity.
