Good legal advice ensures justice for injury sufferers

Posted 21/06/2015

Tony Shord, a personal injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has just obtained a settlement of £18,500 for an Essex man injured in a road traffic collision who was initially offered a mere £1375 by insurers. The injured man’s car was hit from behind by another vehicle in a fairly standard rear end shunt incident. However, unfortunately he aggravated a pre-existing back problem and suffered a severe psychological reaction to the accident.

Tony comments: “All too often insurers offer a quick, low settlement figure in the hope that the injured party will not pursue the case further. In instances like this where a pre-existing health problem has been aggravated then the implications of the accident may be more serious than first appear and it is always worth the injured person seeking legal advice and obtaining medical reports, rather than accepting a low offer from insurers in settlement of the claim.”