Losing a limb is a life-changing event. Whether it was because of medical negligence or caused by a serious accident, we can help you claim compensation.
Our solicitors are here to help if you’ve had a limb amputated because of negligent treatment. We can help if you’ve had to have an amputation because of:
- Misdiagnosis of cancer
- Incorrect care of diabetes
- Untreated/mistreated infections
- Surgical errors.
Contact our team to see if you can make an amputation claim.
Can I claim for an amputation caused by an accident?
We can also help if your claim was caused by a serious accident at your workplace or by a road traffic accident. Previously, we’ve helped people who’ve had an amputation after a:
We’ve specialist serious injury lawyers who can offer you expert help when making an amputation claim.
How can medical negligence result in an amputation?
Amputations can be performed for a wide range of different medical reasons. It’s normally when a limb has been badly injured in an accident or when the area has a serious infection. However, sometimes you may need a limb amputated because a medical professional didn’t treat a pre-existing condition or injury correctly.
We can help you if you’ve had to have a limb amputated because of the following negligent treatment:
- Ischemia wasn’t diagnosed (reduced oxygen supply to the limbs)
- Infected wound or laceration not diagnosed/treated correctly
- Improper care of diabetes, resulting in complications (including diabetic foot ulcers)
- Undiagnosed cancer in your limb
- Misdiagnosis of meningitis
- Nerve, muscle, or tendon damaged during surgery
- Amputation of the wrong limb.
We can accept no win no fee amputation cases. We’ll tell you if you’re eligible for a no win no fee agreement when we first meet with you.
Why choose Irwin Mitchell to manage your amputation claim?
Our medical negligence team is the largest of any law firm in the UK. This allows us to offer you an unrivalled level of expertise to make sure your amputation claim is successful.
Our lawyers have helped thousands of amputees claim the compensation they deserve. This compensation can help make your life easier by paying for private medical treatment. It can also fund household adaptations, prosthetics, and care for the psychological effects of your injuries.
We’ll avoid using legal jargon and explain everything to you in plain English. This’ll help you make informed decisions about how you’d like to proceed at each stage.
We’ve offices around the UK. You can arrange to meet your lawyer at your nearest office, or we can meet you at an appropriate location. We can also arrange phone and video calls if that’s better for you.
Our Support and Rehabilitation co-ordinators are a team of trained medical specialists. They’ll be able to identify the support you need and work with you to make sure you get access to that support. They’ll still be available to support you after your claim is settled.
You can work with our Court of Protection team, who can set up a Personal Injury Trust for you. The Trust will make sure your compensation doesn’t affect any benefits you might be entitled to.
Irwin Mitchell podcast episode 95: Exploring rehabilitation provision after amputation
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