Eye Injury Solicitors

You might be able to claim for any injury to your eye or vision caused by someone else's negligence. Common examples include full or partial loss of sight, corneal abrasion, retinal detachment, orbital fracture, optic nerve damage, chemical burns, traumatic loss of an eye, and cosmetic changes such as a drooping eyelid. Claims can also arise where an injury to one eye later causes sympathetic ophthalmia to the other eye, even if the condition develops some time after the original accident.

Employers have a legal duty to protect workers from foreseeable risks of an eye injury. This includes providing appropriate protective equipment, maintaining machinery safely, controlling exposure to hazardous substances, and ensuring staff receive adequate training for the work they carry out.

If your eye injury was caused by unsafe working conditions or failures in workplace safety procedures, you may be able to bring a compensation claim.

Personal injury compensation is usually divided into two categories:

a)    General damages that cover pain, suffering, and the impact the eye injury has had on your quality of life, daily activities, and independence.

b)    Special damages that compensate you for financial losses and future expenses linked to the injury, which may include ophthalmic treatment , oculoplastic surgery, prescription aids, assistive technology, psychological support, loss of earnings, care needs, and any home or workplace adaptations.

Our Personal Injury Solicitors have years of experience calculating the value of eye injury claims. We work with independent ophthalmologists and other medical experts to assess the long-term impact of the injury and any future treatment or support needs before valuing your claim.

You usually have three years from the date of your injury to start a claim under the time limit legislation on the government's website. Where a condition developed or was diagnosed after the original accident, the three-year period runs from the date you first became aware, or could reasonably have become aware, that the condition was linked to the accident or negligent treatment. Some eye conditions, including sympathetic ophthalmia, may not develop until some time after the original injury.

A claim can succeed where laser eye surgery or another procedure was carried out negligently, including where there was inadequate pre-operative assessment, failures during treatment, or a lack of properly informed consent, and this caused avoidable damage to your vision. These cases are treated as medical negligence claims and require detailed clinical evidence from independent ophthalmic experts. We have the specialist knowledge and experience to handle them.

Useful evidence may include medical records and hospital notes, photographs of your injuries, reports from your GP or specialist, CCTV footage of the incident, accident reports, records of any workplace risk assessments or equipment inspections, and witness statements.

We take the lead in gathering the evidence so you do not have to pull everything together yourself. Our Personal Injury Solicitors are committed to supporting you and your family throughout the claims process with clear advice and practical support.

If we are able to help you with your compensation claim, we will usually handle it on a No Win, No Fee basis. This means you will not normally need to pay any upfront legal fees. We may also be able to arrange After The Event (ATE) Insurance to help cover certain costs and expenses associated with the claim.

If your claim succeeds, the other side may pay a proportion of your legal costs, although you may still need to pay a 'success fee' from your compensation payment, but this fee will be capped., as We are transparent with our legal fees and everything will be explained to you at the beginning of the legal process.

Call us on 0800 260 5010 or request a callback. An Eye Injury expert will carry out a free, confidential claim assessment, explain your options, and answer any questions you might have. The first conversation carries no obligation to proceed with a compensation claim.