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| Type of Injury |
Damages |
Description |
| Brain Damage |
£146,700 to £207,400 |
Very severe brain damage |
| Brain Damage |
£116,400 to £146,700 |
Moderately severe brain damage |
| Brain Damage |
£22,500 to £116,400 |
Moderate brain damage: the damages depend upon such things as the degree of damage to the intellect, personality, employability, affect on the senses etc |
| Brain Damage |
£8,100 to £22,600 |
Minor Brain damage. |
| Epilepsy |
£5,600 to £78,400 |
Damages depend on a number of factors including severity; whether the attacks are controlled by medication; quality of life; any associated behavioural problems etc |
| Minor Head Injury |
£1,020 to £6,600 |
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Cases
- Between
Rebecca Claire Willbye (by her mother and next friend)
Appellant - and - Brian Gibbons Respondent
Court of Appeal (Civil Division): March 19 2003 before Lord Justice
Kennedy and Lord Justice Scott Baker.
In 1979, when Rebecca, was 12, she was knocked down by a car. She suffered
serious injuries to her head (including serious brain injury), arm and
leg. In 1994 she developed epilepsy which cannot be fully controlled
by medication. Other effects are "mood swings with outbursts of
anger, forgetfulness, lack of concentration, headaches (now a receding
problem) and some speech impediment".
On appeal she was
awarded in total £470,000 broken down as follows:
Pain and
suffering: £80,000
Loss of
congenial employment: £118,095.32 for future loss of
earnings; £15,000 for handicap in the labour market and no more
than £5,000 for "the loss of congenial employment".
Care: £181,129.60
Accommodation:
£10,000
Ongoing
Court of Protection Costs: £88,653.10
- "Accident
victims win higher damages" - BBC News July
16 1998
Mrs Wells,
severely brain damaged as a result of a car crash had her damages restored
to £1.6 million by the House of Lords following the Court of Appeal's
decision to cut her damages to £1.1 million. The Lords considered
that £1.1 million was insufficient bearing in mind the low return
on investment.
Kevin Page,
brain damaged when a steel rod pierced his skull, received £1
million.
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