Foot & toe injury compensation claims

What are the most common types of foot and toe injury?

There are many types of foot and toe injuries. However, not all lead to a compensation claim, such as if your injury is just a slight bruising or a graze. 

There are common foot injuries that can result in a compensation claim. For example, the following types of foot and toe injuries:

• fractures such as stress fractures
• ligament tears
• severe sprains and strains
• serious bruising
• metatarsal injuries
• lacerations
• nerve damage
• achilles tendinopathy
• plantar fasciitis
• injuries resulting in arthritis of the foot
• broken toe
• dislocated ankle or toe
• ruptured tendons
• severe injury or trauma, meaning amputation of the toe or foot is required

What are the main causes of foot and toe injuries?

Foot and toe injuries can occur due to a variety of causes. You may have experienced a foot or toe injury due to:

• slipping
• tripping
• falling
• a sports accident
• a road traffic accident
• a school accident
• a playground accident
• work accidents, such as walking into a heavy and large object
• repetitive strain injury

Regardless of the cause of your foot or toe injury, the impacts are likely to be significant because we rely on this part of our body for most everyday tasks.

How can I reduce the risk of suffering a foot or toe injury?

No one wants to suffer a foot or toe injury so it is important to understand how to reduce the risk of an injury occurring. This will depend on where you are but some simple tips are as follows:

• warm up sufficiently before taking part in sports
• wear footwear suitable for the activity you are taking part in.
• follow health and safety guidance at work
• take note of warning signs when out in public

What should I do if I injure my foot at work?

Your foot or toe injury may have occurred at your workplace. It may have happened, for example, because something at work has dropped on your foot. 

If you do injure your foot or toes at work make sure you:

• get help which may mean dialling 999
• tell your manager
• ensure a record is kept by your workplace
• keep details or
• get details of witnesses

What should I do if I injure my foot or toe in a public place?

A foot or toe injury can occur in a public place. For example, you may slip on a wet floor in a supermarket or trip on uneven pavement. It is important to take the following steps if you do suffer a foot or toe injury in a public place:

• get help which may mean dialling 999 or from the person in charge of first aid in the public place where there is one
• tell someone in charge which could be a shop owner, for example, or let the local council know
• ensure a record is kept such as in a shop's first aid records
• keep details or witnesses

Am I eligible to claim compensation?

After the painful experience of a foot or toe injury, you may be unsure if you are eligible for compensation or not. You may be able to make a compensation claim for your foot or tole injury where all the following apply:

• the person or organisation you consider at fault had a legal duty of care towards you
• the person or organisation you blame caused your foot or toe injury through their negligence
• due to the above your foot or toe was injured

What evidence do I need to support my claim?

When you make a toe or foot injury claim, you need to collect evidence to support your claim. This is to prove that you deserve compensation for your toe or foot injury.  This means providing evidence to show:

• how your foot accident occurred
• the injuries you sustained.

The type of evidence to prove the above could be, for example:

• photos
• accident reports
• your medical records such as attendances at A and E
• CCTV footage where available, which you have a legal right to personally request and should do so as soon after the accident as possible so  before it is deleted
• witness details

How much compensation can I claim for a foot injury? 

If you're considering making a compensation claim for a foot injury, you may ask yourself how much you can claim. This depends on the type of foot injury you sustain. Specific details will determine how much compensation you may be able to claim such as:

• the amount of physical pain caused
• any mental harm which arises from your foot injury
• how it has impacted you such as in terms of your day-to-day life
• any earnings you have lost
• Help you have required from others
• expenses you incur such as for travel, adapting your home and medical bills.

What is the time limit for starting a foot or toe injury claim? 

If you have suffered a foot or toe injury and want to make a claim, like any personal injury claim, you will need to start within three years of the foot or toe accident or when you found out you sustained a foot or toe injury from it, which is the date of knowledge. 

However, if your foot or toe injury claim is for a child, you can make the claim at any time until they turn 18 years old. 

How long might my foot injury claim take to settle?

How long the foot injury claim process can take is dependent on the specific injuries endured. This can occur quickly when your recovery is complete and the person you blame admits their fault quickly. Otherwise, your compensation claim could take longer. 

Will I need to go to court? 

If you decide to make a foot or toe injury compensation claim, you may wonder if you must go to court. As with a personal injury claim, it is very unlikely you will need to go to court. Even if it initially looks like you will, if the other party admits liability beforehand, you will not need to. At National Accident Helpline, 95% of our personal injury claims are settled out of court. 

Can I make a no-win no free foot or toe injury claim?

If you have the unfortunate experience of a foot or toe injury, it affects your daily life. It could even prevent you from working, so potentially a loss of earnings. 

If you have a foot or toe injury and want to make a compensation claim, with us at National Accident Helpline, we can do this for you on a no-win no fee basis. What this means is that you can make an injury and accident claim for your foot or toe injury, with no risk to you financially if the accident turns out to be your fault.

Why choose the National Accident Helpline to support my claim?

If you have suffered a foot or toe injury, you may be owed compensation so could claim for your injury.  Your foot or toe injury may be as a result of an accident in public, or perhaps it happened while you were at work. Your foot and toe injury could instead have happened due to a road traffic incident. No matter how your foot and toe injury occurred, you should choose National Accident Helpline to support your claim.

At National Accident Helpline, our advisors are experienced and fully sympathetic towards your foot and toe injury. They carefully listen to how your foot or toe injury occurred and will help you with the compensation you may be able to claim. Our specialist solicitors are competent and highly experienced in accident claims so you are in trusted hands with us. 

Let National Accident Helpline help you today - Call today, request a call back here or begin your claim online. 

How do I start my foot or toe injury compensation claim?

Starting a foot or toe injury claim is easy with the National Accident Helpline. You can give us a call or start the process online here.  If you want an indication of how much compensation you may be able to get, calculate your potential compensation online by using our compensation calculator. 

When starting your foot or toe injury compensation claim with us, firstly our friendly professional advisors will take a look at your individual situation. Once completed,  they pass you to one of the specialist solicitors who will follow through with your claim. It's as simple as that! Then you wait for the compensation you deserve. At National Accident Helpline, we ensure that your claim process is made as easy as possible.

If you have had a foot or toe injury, you may be due personal injury compensation, so call us now on . We can help you to start making a compensation claim. You can also request a call back here or begin your claim online.