What Compensation Can I Claim After a Negligent Third Degree Tear?
If you are struggling with the impact of a third or fourth degree tear due to negligent medical care, you may be wondering what compensation you might be entitled to. This will depend on the severity of your injury and its impact on your quality of life.
Loss of income
For example, if you are now restricted in the hours of work you are able to do or have had to change your job because your previous type of work is no longer realistic, such as healthcare or hospitality, you may well be experiencing a reduced income. Where this is found to have been the result of negligent medical care, your past and future income losses would be included in your claim.
Additional costs
If your anal sphincter injury and associated symptoms means that you require specialist equipment, hygiene products, medication or treatment, the costs of such items could be included in your claim.
If the severity of your symptoms or the psychological impact is such that you require help around the home or psychotherapy treatment, for example, the costs may be incorporated into your claim.
Your pain and suffering will also be taken into consideration in the assessment of a claim.
Talk to a legal specialist
If you think that you may have been the victim on negligent maternity care and are now struggling with debilitating and distressing bowel problems, your first step should be to talk to a solicitor who specialises in medical negligence law. They should be able to give you free advice as to the likelihood of being able to make a claim.
A legal specialist will be able to obtain your medical records and carry out a thorough investigation into the quality of your medical care during the birth of your baby.
If it seems that you have, indeed, suffered from medical negligence, they will make an assessment of the impact on your quality of life and the financial losses which you have suffered and are likely to continue to suffer.
Glynns Solicitors
Glynns is a specialist medical negligence legal practice with a team of experienced lawyers and a history of success in high-value severe birth tear claims.
Contact us today to talk to a solicitor, free of charge, about the possibility of making a claim. We can offer a wealth of expertise and a depth of understanding of the impact of these appalling injuries when they do not receive the medical care they require.
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