Alkers Solicitors are here to help with compensation claims made after accidents on the road, at work or in a public place where abdomen injuries have been sustained. Alkers build successful, no win no fee, abdomen injury claims throughout Lancashire and the north west.
The below figures and information is to be used as a guide towards the compensation claims amount you could be awarded if your abdomen injury claim is successful.
If you would like to get a more accurate potential figure or want more information about the process of claiming from a professional abdomen injury solicitor then please contact us.
Call us on 0800 00 55 44 (free from all UK landlines and mobiles), or get in touch via the enquiry form.
If you’d like us to call you request a callback and a member of our team will get back to you as soon as possible.
Internal Organs – Abdomen
Injury | Guideline award |
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Total impotence and loss of sexual function and sterility in a young man | In the region of £95,000 |
Impotence likely to be permanent in a middle-aged man with children | £27,500 to £50,000 |
Serious case of sterility | Up to £90,000 |
Bottom of the range in a much older man | £12,000 |
Uncomplicated case of sterility without impotence and any aggravating features for a young man without children | £36,000 to £45,500 |
Similar case to above but with a family man who might have intended to have more children | £15,250 to £20,000 |
Cases where sterility amounts to little more than an “insult” | In the region of £4,250 |
Reproductive System – Female
The level of the awards in this area will typically be affected by:
A) Whether or not the affected woman already has children and/or whether the intended family was complete
B) Scarring
C) Depression or psychological scarring
D) Whether a foetus was aborted
Injury | Guideline award |
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Infertility (by injury or disease) with severe depression, anxiety, pain and scarring | £73,000 to £108,000 |
Infertility without any medical complication where the woman already has children | £11,500 to £23,500 |
Infertility where the woman would not have had children in any event (e.g. due to age) | £4,250 to £8,000 |
Failed sterilisation leading to unwanted pregnancy with no serious psychological impact or depression | In the region of £6,500 |
Injury | Guideline award |
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Damage resulting from traumatic injury causing severe damage with continuing pain and discomfort | £27,500 to £39,500 |
Serious non-penetrating injury causing long-standing or permanent complications | £10,750 to £17,750 |
Penetrating stab wounds or industrial laceration or serious seat-belt pressure cases | £4,250 to £8,000 |
Illness/damage resulting from non-traumatic injury (e.g. food poisoning). Serious Toxicosis causing serious acute pain and other symptoms requiring hospital admission for days/weeks with continuing issues having a significant impact on work and enjoyment of life | £24,500 to £33,500 |
Serious but short-lived food poisoning diminishing over two to four weeks but with remaining discomfort and disturbance impacting on enjoyment of life over a few years | £6,150 to £12,250 |
Food poisoning causing significant discomfort requiring hospital admission for a few days with symptoms lasting weeks but complete recovery within a year or two | £2,500 to £6,150 |
Varying degrees of pain and other symptoms continuing for a few days or weeks | £600 to £2,500 |
Injury | Guideline award |
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Serious or permanent damage to or loss of both kidneys | £108,000 to £134,000 |
Significant risk of future urinary tract infection or other total loss of natural kidney function | Up to £41,000 |
Loss of one kidney with no damage to the other | £19,750 to £27,500 |
Injury | Guideline award |
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Total loss of natural function and dependence on colostomy, depending on age | Up to £96,000 |
Severe abdominal injury causing impairment of function, requiring temporary colostomy and/or restriction on employment and diet | £28,500 to £44,500 |
Penetrating injuries causing some permanent damage but with a return to natural function and control | £8,000 to £15,500 |
Injury | Guideline award |
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Complete loss of function and control | Up to £90,000 |
Serious impairment of control with some pain and incontinence | £41,000 to £51,000 |
Almost complete recovery but fairly long-term interference with natural function | £15,000 to £20,000 |
Cancer risk cases occupy a special category – an example for a typical middle-aged family man or woman whose life expectancy is reduced by 15 or 20 years | £34,000 to £50,000 |
Injury | Guideline award |
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Loss of spleen with continuing risk of infection and other disorders affecting the immune system | £13,250 to £16,750 |
As above but with minimal issues or none at all | £2,750 to £5,500 |
Injury | Guideline award |
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Continuing pain and/or limited physical activities, sport or employment after repair | £9,500 to £15,400 |
Direct inguinal hernia with some risk or recurrence after repair | £4,500 to £5,850 |
Uncomplicated indirect inguinal hernia, possibly repaired, with no other associated damage | £2,150 to £4,750 |
If you would like a consultation or advice from an abdomen injury solicitor at Alkers personal injury team then please contact us.
Call us on 0800 00 55 44 (free from all UK landlines and mobiles), or get in touch via the enquiry form.
If you’d like us to call you request a callback and a member of our team will get back to you as soon as possible.