Sports Injury Compensation Claims

Whether playing or watching, sports can be tough. When a person is playing or watching sport, there is a level of risk to which they are consenting. Some injuries - sports accidents - are simply part of the game.

However when someone is hurt playing sport, and the injury is not part of normal play, then it may be possible to claim damages for personal injury. This is for the pain, suffering and difficulty you have suffered. You may also be eligible to claim special damages – the losses or expenses you have incurred as a result of the injury.

You do not have to be a professional to be able to make a sporting injury claim. Even if you are playing sport just for fun, if you were hurt and the injury is somebody else’s fault, you are entitled to claim compensation.

You will need to show that somebody else was responsible for your injury and that they had a duty of care over you. You’ll then have to show that you were injured because of their negligence and that your injury was reasonably foreseeable in that context.

To give yourself the best chance of doing this, speak to anyone who was around at the time – other players, spectators, the referee, any staff around, or anyone who saw what happened. Take their details and an their account of what happened. Also take a photo of the place the incident happened.

If you incur any expenses treating your injury – medical expenses, medication or travelling expenses - make sure you keep the receipts. Then, it’s time to step aside and let the experts do their work.

Because of the difficulty in proving that an injury was someone’s fault, it is sometimes hard to make a successful claim. However Accident Advice Helpline has developed an expertise in helping those who have had accidents playing sport over a period of many years. Our panel of friendly, specialist, sports injury lawyers have made many successful sports injury claims in that time and will provide you with top-notch sports injury compensation claim advice. Because they are 100% independent, you can rely on them to act in your best interests, in terms of both the professional and personal quality of the service they provide.

Accident Advice Helpline will give you the best chance of making a successful sports injury claim and we can help you today. For a free no-obligation claim assessment, call us on 0800 180 4 123 or complete a Sports Injury Compensation Claim Form.