Compensation Amounts for Eye Injuries

• Transient eye injuries
  Cases in which the injured person recovers within a few weeks - £1,350 to £2,250.
• Minor eye injuries
  These include being struck in the eye, exposure to fumes such as smoke or being splashed by liquids, causing initial pain and temporary interference with vision - £2,250 to £4,850.
• Complete loss of sight in one eye
  Minor but permanent impairment of vision in one eye including cases of double vision which may be intermittent - £6,750 to £11,500.

If you have an eye  injury and want to make a personal injury claim, then let us advise you on the best way to pursue your claim, collect all the relevant evidence and calculate the losses you have suffered.

Time Limits for making a personal injury claim

For those over the age of eighteen, who have suffered an injury to their eye or eyes, the period is three years from the date of the accident. For children the three year period begins on the date of their eighteenth birthday

What factors affect my Eye Injury Claim

• Your age at the time of the accident. Younger people with longer to live typically receive larger compensation awards for injuries sustained to their eyes
• The severity of the injury. Minor cuts and bruises will receive lower compensation amounts compared with blindness
• The length of time taken to recover from the accident to the eyes
• Personal Injuries that resolve themselves within weeks will receive less compensation than those that take several years  or those that  leave the victim with permanent symptoms.
• Whether the injury caused a level of disability or severe lack of mobility. Some personal injuries can result in  a permanent level of disability, blindness