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Personal Injury Query

  • 27-11-2010 11:16pm
    #1
    domdomdomdom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭


    Hi there,

    I have a High Court date next year with regard to a personal injury case. My last meeting with solicitor we discussed loss of earnings.

    I have been out of work due to injuries for 2 years and in the meantime the company went bust and i was made redundant. My solicitor told me that any award in relation to loss of earnings will have the redundancy total subtracted from it. I questioned this as it didnt sound right but he was pretty adamant that this was fact.

    Is this right?

    Regards


Comments

  • #2
    domdomdomdom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭domdomdomdom


    anybody??:)


  • #3
    PCPhoto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,584 ✭✭✭PCPhoto


    *my understanding is that ...if you are out of work the monies you have lost will be taken into account - unfortunately you will also have to point out to the court that at present you are unable to get back to work.

    *the fact you were made redundant should not affect your payout - it will/should be taken into account by the judge but he/she will also have to take into account that you are not in a position to find a replacement job..... future loss of earnings.

    sorry to hear you were badly injured.

    * not legal advice - I have no legal training.


  • #4
    Jo King
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,139 ✭✭✭Jo King


    The general principle is that the court award should put a claimant in the same position they would have been in had the injury not occurred. Since legal advice cannot be given, all I can say is go figure!


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