Scaphoid Fracture Compensation Claims

Scaphoid Fracture Compensation Claims

If you or your child have suffered the misdiagnosis or late diagnosis of a scaphoid fracture due to medical negligence, we have the specialist expertise required to help you claim fair compensation.

Scaphoid fractures are often misdiagnosed as simple sprains with the mistake often not being picked up on until years later. Any resulting delay in treatment can mean more serious surgical intervention is required and may lead to lifelong complications, including decreased function of the affected wrist and increased risk of osteoarthritis.

Claiming compensation can help to ensure you or your child get the best possible treatment, as well as going some way towards making up for the unnecessary pain, suffering and impact on your or your child’s life.

We know how frustrating it can be to have to fight for the right diagnosis and that often the thought of another fight to get compensation can be daunting. Our team will do everything we can to make the claims process as straightforward and stress-free as possible for you and your family, while giving you the best chance of getting the compensation you deserve.

Please do not worry if you are uncertain whether you have a claim – our team is here to listen, support you and guide you through this process.

Our team of specialist solicitors can offer you:

  • A free initial assessment of your claim
  • Decades of specialist experience with scaphoid fracture claims
  • Independently accredited expertise you can trust
  • A sympathetic, personal service
  • Legal aid funding
  • No win, no fee scaphoid fracture claims
  • Representation for clients anywhere in England and Wales
  • The best chance of securing maximum scaphoid fracture compensation

Call our free 24-hour claims line for a fast assessment of your scaphoid fracture claim

Want to find out if you or your child are entitled to scaphoid fracture misdiagnosis compensation? You can call our 24-hour claims line to book an assessment with someone from our specialist medical negligence legal team.

Call now on 0800 988 0772 to book your initial assessment.

Why trust Medical Accident Experts with your scaphoid fracture claim?

Our team has decades of specialist experience handling all types of medical negligence claims, including scaphoid fracture claims. Over the years, we have achieved a very high success rate for our clients, having secured maximum compensation under even the most challenging circumstances.

Members of our team hold a range of accreditations, providing independent assurance of the quality of our service. These include:

  • Law Society Clinical Negligence panel membership
  • Law Society Personal Injury panel membership
  • Action Against Medical Accidents (AvMA) Clinical Negligence panel membership
  • Membership of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL)
  • Head of Clinical Negligence and Medical Accidents Linda Levison is ranked as one of the top 50 female lawyers in the UK by Super Lawyers, a highly respected listing published by Thomson Reuters

Time limits for scaphoid fracture claims

As standard, you have three years to make a claim for any type of medical negligence, including in relation to misdiagnosis or late diagnosis of a scaphoid fracture.

This time limit is counted from the date when you are aware of the fracture and that medical negligence may have occurred. This is known as the ‘date of knowledge’.

There are some circumstances where a longer time limit may apply. For example, if the claim relates to a child, the time limit only applies once they turn 18, so you will normally have until your child’s 21st birthday to make a scaphoid fracture compensation claim.

Funding for scaphoid fracture claims

No win, no fee scaphoid fracture claims

We offer no win, no fee funding for scaphoid fracture claims.

If you would like to find out more about the availability of no win no fee funding and how it works, please call our free 24-hours claims line on 0800 988 0772 to book an initial assessment with our team and we will be happy to discuss this.

Scaphoid fracture medical negligence success stories

£42,500 in damages for 12-year-old’s missed scaphoid fracture

Our scaphoid fracture misdiagnosis solicitors acted for the family of a 12-year-old girl who suffered a scaphoid fracture in her right, dominant wrist after a fall.

Although she attended A&E and an X-ray was carried out, the fracture was misdiagnosed as a sprain and appropriate treatment was not provided. The claimant was seen again in A&E some months later as the wrist was still painful but, in spite of a review of the original X-ray, the scaphoid fracture was missed again.

Three years later, the girl’s wrist because extremely painful and she was unable to write. She was eventually referred for a new X-ray and physiotherapy, at which point the fracture was discovered. A review of the original X-ray showed that the scaphoid fracture had been visible when the girl first visited A&E, three and half years earlier.

The delay in diagnosis meant that surgery and a bone graft were required to fix the damage and that the girl will never regain full flexibility in her wrist. She has also been left with an increased risk of osteoarthritis and the potential to need arthrodesis or fusion of the bones in her wrist at a later date.

We represented the family in their claim against the hospital. They admitted fault for failing to diagnose the scaphoid fracture and offered £25,000 in compensation. We were able to negotiate a higher settlement of £42,500, which the family accepted.

Read more about this case here.

Call our free 24-hour claims line for a fast assessment of your scaphoid fracture claim

To find out if you or your child are entitled to scaphoid fracture compensation, call our free 24-hour claims line now on 0800 988 0772 to book an assessment with someone from our specialist medical negligence team.

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