Hip Injury Claims & Compensation

Our Personal Injury lawyers handle many claims on No Win, No Fees basis. This means you don’t have to worry about paying us any fees upfront and you don’t pay us anything unless we win your case. For more information, get in touch today for a Free Case Assessment and our friendly team will talk you through this.

You usually have three years to make a hip injury claim from the date your accident happened. However we’d recommend you get in touch as soon as possible so we can start the process of your claim and help you access any urgent care or support you may need.

If you’re claiming compensation on behalf of a child, you can make a claim at any point until they turn 18. Once they turn 18, they’ll have until their 21^st birthday to start a claim themselves.

You can claim on behalf of a child at any time until they turn 18. Once they turn 18, they can make the claim for themselves up until their 21st birthday.

Hip injuries can be particularly common in older people who can have fragile joints and bones and be vulnerable to falling. You may be looking to make a claim on behalf of an older family member who lacks the capacity to make decisions for themselves, perhaps because of a condition like dementia. In these cases, it’s possible to make a claim on someone else’s behalf – our dedicated Court of Protection team can assist you if you need help making decisions in someone else’s best interest.

It's also possible to make a claim on behalf of someone who lacks mental capacity, for example a family member with a learning disability.

You may be entitled to compensation if your injury is the result of one of the following:

• An accident in your workplace or as part of your time in the military. For example, you may have crushed your hip or fallen from height. If your employer failed to meet their legal responsibilities and meet their duty of care to you, we could help you claim for compensation. For example, they may have failed to provide adequate health and safety training or take action to fix or remove hazards in the workplace;
• A road traffic accident – you might have injured your hip or pelvis if you were a driver, motorcyclist, passenger, pedestrian, cyclist etc in a high-impact road traffic accident. If we can prove that someone else was fully or partially responsible, you may be able to claim compensation against the other party, to help you recover and rebuild your life.
• An accident in a public place – you may have injured your hip if you slipped on an icy pavement that should’ve been gritted. Businesses and councils should have put in place safety measures, as they have a lawful responsibility to make their premises safe for public use, so you may be able to claim for compensation if they failed in this duty of care.
• Medical negligence – your hip/pelvis injury may sadly be the result of medical negligence, where a medical professional has given you substandard care which either caused your injury, or made your condition worse. You could make a claim for compensation if a doctor made a mistake or oversight that could have been avoided, for example if an error was made during surgery, causing an existing condition to get worse, or your hip/pelvis fracture was missed on an x-ray.
• A sports injury – hip injuries can be very common in sports like football, tennis and gymnastics and sometimes nothing could have been done to prevent it. However, if someone else intentionally caused your injury or the sporting venue was not made safe enough, we could help you make a claim against the organisation responsible.

The person or company who pays for your compensation will depend on who was responsible for your accident. For example:

• If your pelvis or hip injury happened at work, your employer should be covered by insurance – so you wouldn’t be making a claim ‘directly’ against your employer;
• If you suffered your hip/pelvis injury in public, the council or business in charge of a venue or public space may be held responsible, and would pay your compensation. An example of this would be injuring your hip/pelvis in a high impact accident on a fairground;
• If you sustained a hip injury while slipping/falling in a shop, restaurant or other business, the company in charge will usually be covered by their own insurance, which would pay your compensation;
• If a Road Traffic Accident caused your pelvis or hip injury, this will usually be covered by the other road user’s motor insurance. If the responsible road user was uninsured or we cannot trace them, you may be able to claim compensation from the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB).

As Personal Injury experts we have a track record of making successful claims for people so we would never take on your case if we did not think there was a chance of you being able to achieve compensation, even if you were somewhat responsible for your injury.

We will do everything in our power to collect evidence and negotiate the best possible settlement for you. However, if the other party deny responsibility, we may have to issue court proceedings. This does not happen with the majority of Personal Injury cases, but if it does, our experts will support you throughout and represent you throughout.

Pelvis and hip injuries can vary widely in terms of how long they affect people for and how severe they are. You might have multiple injuries from an accident, or be dealing with psychological effects in the aftermath of your accident, such as depression or even Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. We will assess the overall impact of all your injuries so that you can achieve the compensation you deserve.

Hip/pelvis injuries can affect many aspects of your life, and compensation can help you access aids, adaptations and different types of therapy to help you live the best quality of life possible with your injury. For example:

• Therapy such as counselling or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help you cope with the changes and emotional challenges that have been brought about as a result of your hip injury/accident;
• Adaptations to your home or different handles and aids to use around the house to help with your movement;
• The cost of training to change career if you can no longer work at your old job due to a permanent hip/pelvic disability;
• Any extra support or care you need around the house e.g. with cleaning and chores;
• Travel costs you’ve incurred e.g. for appointments, scans and surgeries;
• Support and rehabilitation you might need – both now and in the future.

To see if you’d be eligible to make a claim for compensation, get in touch with our specialist team today or request a callback.

Whilst your Personal Injury solicitor is settling your compensation claim, we can help you access interim payments of compensation if the other party accept responsibility. These payments can cover urgent costs such as:

• Loss of earnings;
• Daily household expenses;
• Aids and adaptations such as walking sticks, reachers or hip braces;
• Private medical treatment, rehabilitation, physiotherapy and care you may need.