What is the bog standard whiplash compensation amount?

[chinadoll]

Following on from my earlier post....what is a bog standard whip lash compensation amount....other driver has taken 100% liablility.... insurance guy is going to ring me tomorrow ...need to be ready for him and his assesment.

[dot.hawkes]

My daughter got �1300 18 months ago in a quick OOC settlement

[joko]

i got �2,200

[steviep165]

thats 10 pairs of nice shoes china. dot will help you out i'm sure.

[spainlads]

I was nearly killed with my partner 2 years ago. We were both luck to be a live. I spent a week in hospital, wore a collar for 2 months. We lost a lot of money in lost work, and the car was totally wrote off. Compensation - no. Never asked for a penny. It's just a money grabbing fad in the UK.

[fms]

it wasnt you i bumped the other day was it china ;~)

[Miss Zippy]

Chinadoll - see my response to your earlier post. Do not be pressured into settling your claim now. It is far too early to tell how long you could affected by your whiplash injury. You might be lucky and be fine in two weeks or you might experience ongoing pain for many months (or years). Also, you may need physio or chiro treatment and all these costs need to be taken into account when calculating your compensation. By all means, invite them to make an offer to you now in writing (not verbally) but do not accept without taking legal advice - if you have legal expenses cover with your own insurance, they will pass your case to their nominated lawyers to deal with.

[DenW]

I was hit from behind at 50mph, and suffered bad shoulder pains for over 12 months.

I recently settled at �3800.00 & 'extraordinary' costs totalled around �4200.00 altogether.

[joko]

spainlads...er..very...commendable...?

you were almost killed and almost made broke because of some other selfish twart - why the hell shouldn't you get compensation off him?

if some b'stard almost ruined me i would sue him for anything i could get!

i take your point about uk becoming like the US with suing people unnecessarily and unfairly but your case sounds like it would have been deserving - you lost out.

i was a passenger in a taxi and another car bumped it.
the person in the other car said to me "go on our side, we'll get you 2 grand, this is what we do, forget your driver he's just a nobbhead, this is what we do all the time" - all the while holding a clipboard and trying to take my details, and his pal was ranting at the driver out of earshot.

they apparently did this regularly to taxis, as it gave them an independant witness and the company would foot the bill.

do you think they shouldn't have been sued for this dispicable behaviour?

i was ok, save for a slight bit of neck ache, but i made it sound worse to teach these swines a lesson.

- i could have been pregnant, had a weak heart, etc or been on my way to a funeral, deathbed, job interview etc - i was late for work and held everyone up on set

and i do already have a spine condition that could have been made much worse because of this

they didn't know - they just saw a young woman and thought 'bingo'

they deserved to be sued.