Useful information

• Personal Injury Claim
• Road Accident Claim
• Serious Injury Claim
• Medical Negligence Claim
• Birth Injury Claim
• PIAB Application Guide
• Statute of Limitation
• No Win No Fee Guide

What is a nerve injury?

Your nerves play a crucial role in the communication of information around your body. Your nerves deliver messages from your body to your brain and vice versa. Nerves also dictate processes in the body we don’t consciously think about, such as digestion. If these nerves are damaged, it affects their ability to transport this information. This can lead to a variety of symptoms, some debilitating and life-changing

If you have been involved in an accident and suffered a nerve injury as a result, and if you have any questions surrounding the claim process, speak with one of our experienced nerve damage claim solicitors, call (Free Phone) 1800-844-104 or complete our online enquiry form.

Nerve injury symptoms

Damage to nerves can result in either an increase or decrease in your nerve’s function, making them more or less sensitive. If you lose sensitivity, you may suffer from numbness. If your sensitivity increases, you may suffer from increased pain. Nerve damage can also interfere with your mobility and restrict your movement.

Common symptoms include

• Lack of sensation/diminished sensation
• Feeling of numbness
• Shooting pains
• Mobility problems
• Increased sensitivity to touch
• Burning/freezing sensation
• Reduced coordination
• Reduced bladder control
• Sexual dysfunction
• Dizziness

Causes of nerve damage

Damage to nerves can result in either an increase or decrease in your nerve’s function, making them more or less sensitive. If you lose sensitivity, you may suffer from numbness. If your sensitivity increases, you may suffer from increased pain. Nerve damage can also interfere with your mobility and restrict your movement.

Nerve damage due to medical negligence

• During birth
• Direct injury to a nerve caused by cutting, burning, stretching, or compressing during surgery
• Improper prescription of certain toxic medicines
• Improper use of equipment like tourniquets and surgical retractors.
• Dental treatment (e.g., root canals)
• Cutting a nerve during a knee replacement
• Cutting a nerve during a hip replacement
• Cutting the radial nerve
• Epidural resulting in a spinal cord injury

Nerve damage due to road accidents

• Whiplash injury due to motorbike, car, bicycle, or major road accident.
• Herniated Disc
• Pinched Nerve
• Neuropathy
• Radiculopathy
• Lacerations

Nerve damage due to work injuries

• Electrocution
• Slip and fall accidents
• Fall from a height
• Machinery accidents
• Crushing injury accidents
• Cuts and Lacerations
• Broken bones
• Repetitive Motions
• Exposure to toxic substances such as mercury and arsenic
• Overexertion
• Carpal tunnel syndrome

Establishing your claim

When you make a claim for a nerve injury, you must prove both the existence of the injury and the degree of damage. This can be a challenging task, and you are advised to consult a solicitor who can assist you in gathering the required medical evidence.

If you have been involved in an accident and suffered a nerve injury as a result, and if you have any questions surrounding the claim process, speak with one of our experienced nerve damage claim solicitors, call (Free Phone) 1800 844 104 or complete our online enquiry form.

Claim process

Most claims do not start in court. In general, they are legally required to begin with the Personal Injuries Assessment Board with exceptions including medical negligence, some assaults, and some cases of entirely psychological injury.

People who apply to the Injuries Board often do so with the help of a solicitor. This helps to make the process as smooth as possible. Our nerve damage claim solicitors at Coleman Legal LLP can assist you in filing an application for compensation by;

1. Prepare information & documents

Gathering important documents for the application,

2. Solicitor obtains evidence & medical report

Once your Solicitor meets with you in the initial consultation, he/she will ask for your hospital or doctor’s details so he/she can obtain a report on your injuries. Your medical report is one of the most important documents in your catastrophic injury claim. If you are required to visit the doctor several times, your solicitor may obtain more than one medical report as your case progresses.

3. Solicitor submits the Injuries Board application

After gathering all the relevant documents of the injury and medical reports, your Solicitor will then submit your claim application to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board for assessment.

Your Solicitor will advise you throughout the entire process, ensuring your best interests are met, and that you get the best settlement or Court Award possible that is fair in the entirety of the circumstances.

When should you bring a claim for nerve damage?

Medical practitioners have been trained to locate nerves before and during surgery. If your surgeon fails to do so and you suffer nerve damage and ongoing complications as a result, you may be entitled to compensation. You should contact a solicitor if you find yourself in any of the following situations:

• Shooting pain from you have suffered with persistent pain in a part of your body following surgery.
• Impaired use of muscles you have suffered from significant weakness in muscles following surgery.
• Reduced temperature control surgery has interfered with your temperament, resulting in hot and cold flushes.
• Interference with your senses-how you experience sensations has altered the following surgery significantly e.g., vision, hearing, touch
• Reduced mobility or paralysis.

Statute of Limitations

You have two years from the date of the accident within which to issue proceedings. If you are under 18, a separate set of rules apply, and we would recommend you contact our solicitors to discuss these. To learn more about the statute of limitation for a nerve damage claim, click here.

Our team

If you have been involved in an accident or suffered an injury at the hands of another person, we would advise all persons to contact our nerve damage claim solicitors at the earliest available opportunity.

If you’re not yet ready to talk to anyone about your injury, you might find it interesting to learn more about the different accident types we assist with, which may involve nerve damage. They involve

• Road traffic accidents
• Workplace injury
• Serious injury
• Medical negligence
• Birth injury
• Dental negligence
• GP negligence
• Slip and fall injury
• Carpal tunnel syndrome 

If you want to take legal action over a nerve injury, you should consult our injury solicitors, who are members of the Law Society’s injury accreditation scheme

Coleman Legal LLP

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84 Talbot Street, Dublin 1
D01 YX60

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