Losing a limb or finger is devastating, but it does not have to mean that your life is over.

True Solicitor’s serious injury team has represented many clients who have lost fingers, toes or whole limbs. We can help you to access the compensation and rehabilitation you need following an accident which wasn’t your fault. We can also help improve your mobility with prosthetics assessments and fitting. 

about loss of limb claims

An amputation is where a limb is removed due to an accident or via surgery. Doctors may need to surgically remove a limb to save your life following an accident or a limb may need to be removed due to clinical negligence or personal injury. 

Traumatic limb loss is usually caused due to an accident such as a road traffic accident or an accident at work. Surgical amputation may however be required due to type 2 diabetes. This happens as a result of mismanaged diabetes, which leads to a restriction of blood flow to your extremities, usually toes, feet or lower legs.

causes of loss of limb and amputation compensation claims

Traumatic amputation happens as the result of a serious accident such as:

• A road traffic accident 
• An accident at work – i.e. faulty or poorly maintained machinery, a fall, slipping or tripping on unsafe surfaces
• A fall from ladders or scaffolding
• Objects falling on you
• Farming accidents
• Construction accidents
• Amputation may also result from clinical negligence, this can be due to misdiagnosis or surgical error

types of clinical negligence amputations

common examples of amputations due to clinical negligence include:

• Mismanagement of diabetes
• Infection of wounds
• Cancer misdiagnosis
• Meningitis misdiagnosis
• Surgical error
• Failure to treat deep vein thrombosis (DVT)

Your amputation claim solicitor will aim to obtain interim payments early on in the claims process in order to help you to concentrate on your recovery, whilst easing the financial burden the amputation has had on your life.