Value Your Claim With A Shoulder Injury Compensation Calculator

Using our shoulder injury compensation calculator can help provide an estimate of your payout; however, for a severe shoulder injury, from the guidelines compensation brackets found within the Judicial College Guidelines, you could receive anywhere from £23,430 to £58,610. Shoulder injuries can pose various challenges in your daily life. Oftentimes, making it challenging to perform everyday tasks, such as getting dressed or driving; in the most serious situations, a shoulder injury could even restrict your ability to work. No matter how you suffered a shoulder injury, here at Compensation Calculator UK, we are here to help. At a time when your focus should be recovery, with our support, you could seek compensation for the physical, psychological and financial implications of your injuries. 

Working with a solicitor from our panel can mean that you can remain focused on your recovery, whilst we fight for a settlement that reflects the full extent of your injuries. For a free personal injury claim consultation, please contact our advisor.

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1. Shoulder Injury Compensation Calculator
2. How Shoulder Injury Compensation Is Valued
3. Can Compensation Cover Special Damages For An Injured Shoulder?
4. Can I Claim For A Shoulder Injury?
5. How To Make A Shoulder Injury Compensation Claim
6. Speak To Compensation Calculator UK
7. More Information

Shoulder Injury Compensation Calculator

Using our shoulder injury compensation calculator can help give you a better idea of the compensation you could receive for your injury in a successful claim. It works by asking you a variety of questions, such as:

• What type of accident were you involved in
• What injury did you suffer and how severe this was
• Did you suffer any additional injuries?

The figures our compensation calculator uses come from the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG). This is a document often used by legal professionals when valuing injuries as it contains compensation guidelines for different physical and psychological injuries based on severity.

In addition to using our compensation calculator, you can look at our table below, which uses figures taken from the JCG.

However, when using this table, please note that the first entry has not been taken from the JCG, and this is only a guideline table and no guarantee of compensation.

Injury	Severity + Notes	Compensation
Multiple Severe Injuries + Special Damages	Various severe injuries paired with financial losses such as medical expenses, care costs and lost income	Up to £200,000+
Neck	Severe (iii) - damage to the soft tissues or tendons which lead to chronic conditions and significant permanent disability	£55,500 to £68,330
Shoulder	Severe - associated neck injuries with damage to the brachial plexus, causing significant disability	£23,430 to £58,610
	Serious - dislocation of the shoulder and damage to the lower brachial plexus causing pain in both the neck and shoulder	£15,580 to £23,430
	Moderate - limited movement due to a frozen shoulder which also causes discomfort	£9,630 to £15,580
	Fracture of Clavicle - the amount awarded will depend on the extent of the fracture, the extent of disability and whether temporary or permanent	£6,280 to £14,940
	Minor (i) - soft tissue injury to the shoulder with considerable pain but almost complete recovery in under two years	£5,310 to £9,630
	Minor (iii) - soft tissue injury to shoulder with considerable pain but almost complete recovery within three months	Up to £2,990

If you would like to receive a free valuation for your claim, you can contact our advsiors.

How Shoulder Injury Compensation Is Valued

Compensation in successful shoulder injury claims can be valued by considering various factors such as the severity of the injury suffered, the impact this has had on you, and what treatments you have needed.

General damages is the head of loss awarded for your injury and can consider the following:

• Extent of pain and suffering
• Impact on your daily or ability to enjoy hobbies
• Any mental harm you have suffered, such as anxiety
• The severity of your injury
• Whether more than one injury was suffered

Additionally, as aforementioned, legal professionals can make reference to the JCG when calculating your general damages. They can also refer to any medical evidence they have been provided.

To find out more about how compensation is valued in shoulder injury claims, please get in touch with us today.

Can Compensation Cover Special Damages For An Injured Shoulder?

Yes, compensation can cover special damages for your incurred financial losses for an injured shoulder claim. However, in order to claim special damages as part of your compensation, you must hold evidence of these losses. This can typically include payslips, invoices, receipts or bank statements. 

Below, we discuss some special damages in further depth and explain how they can help in the aftermath of your shoulder injury: 

Lost Income

Any lost income, whether current or future, can be quantified and valued as part of special damages. Additionally, if your employment prospects have been reduced as a result of your shoulder injury, this can be taken into consideration when valuing special damages. 

For a better idea of how much loss of earnings compensation you could receive, please read more in our dedicated guide.

Medical Costs

Medical expenses, such as private treatments, prescription costs, or even surgery costs, can be claimed back as special damages. 

Funding Care Needs

If you now require professional or gratuitous assistance or care, any associated costs can be reimbursed as special damages. 

Recovery And Rehabilitation

Any rehabilitative aids, such as physiotherapy or physical therapy, can significantly aid your recovery after a shoulder injury. The costs of these therapies can be valued within special damages.

Cost Of Travel

Travel costs can also be claimed back as special damages. Keeping any receipts of this travel can demonstrate the losses, helping you to claim them back. 

Damage To Personal Belongings

If your personal items are damaged as a result of your accident, any associated costs could be reimbursed within special damages. 

To learn more about what you could claim as special damages, get in touch with our advisory team today. 

Can I Claim For A Shoulder Injury?

Yes, you could claim for a shoulder injury if it was caused by the negligent actions of another party. In order to prove this, we must determine:

• You were owed a duty of care
• This duty was breached
• The breach subsequently led to your shoulder injury 

The first point of discussion is determining what duty of care you were owed. This is a legal obligation owed to you by another person to uphold your safety and well-being in a specific situation. 

Shoulder injuries can occur in a plethora of different situations, whether this be on the roads, at work or even in a public place. Below, we discuss some examples of how you could sustain a shoulder injury:

Accidents on the Roads

Whilst using the roads, all users must do so in a way which minimises their risk of causing harm or damage to others. They can do this by complying with the guidance laid down in both the Road Traffic Act 1988 and the Highway Code.

A shoulder injury can occur after a road traffic accident, if, for example:

• A driver fails to stop and give way, causing them to collide side-on with your car. Due to the immediate impact, your body is thrown against the side of your vehicle, causing your shoulder to suffer trauma. You suffer a torn rotator cuff, which takes two months to heal, leaving you out of work during this recovery time.
• Whilst on your motorbike, a person who is driving under the influence crashes into the back of you. This rear-end collision causes you to be thrown off your motorbike, resulting in a severe neck and shoulder injury.

Workplace Accidents

Whilst at work, under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, you are owed a duty of care by your employer. They must take all steps that are reasonable to ensure the safety and well-being of their staff. They can do this by providing appropriate training, adequate personal protective equipment where necessary and regularly performing maintenance checks on machinery or equipment.

Accidents at work can cause shoulder injuries if:

• Your employer requires you to lift heavy loads of stock, despite not providing adequate manual handling training. As a result, you lift stock that weighs too much, causing a back and shoulder injury.
• Whilst working on a ladder (which was faulty and your employer was aware of this), you fall when one of the rungs breaks, and you suffer a fracture in your shoulder upon imact with the ground.

Public Liability Accidents

As stipulated within the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957, all visitors to a public place are owed a duty of care by the person or organisation responsible for the premises (the occupier). 

This duty of care is that you, as a visitor, will be kept reasonably safe whilst using the public place. To uphold their duty, the occupier should regularly perform risk assessments and cordon off any areas which may pose a risk of injury. 

There are many ways in which an accident in a public place could lead to a shoulder injury. For example:

• Whilst shopping in your local supermarket, you slip on a spillage that hasn’t been signposted or cordoned off. As a result, you suffer a traumatic tear of your rotator cuff. 
• You are walking on a public footpath when your foot becomes jammed between an uneven pavement stone. The local authority was aware of this defect but had not fixed it within a reasonable timeframe. This causes you to trip and fall, and you suffer a dislocated shoulder as a result. 

These examples are not extensive, nor are they the only ways in which you could suffer a shoulder injury. If you’d like to discuss your own shoulder injury claim, get in contact with us today. Additionally, if you’d like an estimate of how much compensation you could seek, use our shoulder injury compensation calculator.

How To Make A Shoulder Injury Compensation Claim

In order to make a shoulder injury compensation claim, you will need to make sure that your claim is brought within the limitation period and that you have sufficient evidence to support your case.

Under the Limitation Act 1980, compensation claims must generally be started within 3 years of the date of the accident. With that said, there are specific exceptions that may apply to claimants; you can read more about them in our limitation period guide. 

In addition to ensuring that your claim is started within the time limit, you must hold evidence which proves how another person’s negligent actions caused your shoulder injury. This can include your medical records, contact details of anyone who may have witnessed the accident or dashcam or CCTV footage of the accident itself.  

To learn more about what evidence can help you prove liability, you can read more in our evidence proof guide. Alternatively, you can contact our advisory team today to discuss this in more detail.

Speak To Compensation Calculator UK

Our panel of specialist solicitors here at Compensation Calculator UK work on a No Win No Fee basis, by utilising a contract called a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA). The benefits of this way of claiming include no upfront payments for a solicitor to begin work on your case. Additionally, you’d have no ongoing payments for their work whilst your claim progressed, and most crucially, you’d have no service fees for our panel’s work if your claim were to fail. 

On the flipside, if your claim was successful, then a small percentage of your compensation would be deductible. This percentage serves as our panel’s success fee, legally capped to ensure that claimants receive the majority of their compensation. 

Alongside the benefits that come with a CFA, by working with a shoulder injury specialist from our panel, you could expect:

• Support, guidance and advice throughout your claim 
• Simple explanations of how your compensation is valued 
• Help with compiling evidence to support your claim
• Ensuring that your claim is started within the time limit
• Advocating on your behalf to achieve a settlement which accurately reflects the full extent of your physical and psychological damage 

Contact Our Team Of Advisors

To learn more about the value of instructing a solicitor from our panel, call us today using the details below.

• Call us on 0800 408 7826 
• Contact us online
• Speak with our advisors using the live chat 

More Information

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Helpful External Resources

• NHS Advice about shoulder pain 
• Advice for returning to work after a period of sickness
• How to claim Statutory Sick Pay 

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