Average Personal Injury Compensation Claims

Here is a list with the most common injuries and the approximate compensation amounts that you might receive for your personal injury compensation claim. However, you must consider that not every case is the same and that according to circumstances your compensation amounts might be different. These figures should serve for orientation purposes only and in order to get the correct estimate for your personal case, you should seek professional advice.

Head Injuries
Minor Injuries with no brain damage - $9,000
Minor brain damage, easy recovery – $30,000

Eyes Injuries
Minor injuries, slight interference – $6,000
Impairment of vision – $15,000

Hearing Problems
Periodical tinnitus, minor hearing loss – $9,000
Tinnitus, moderate hearing loss – $23,000
Tinnitus, total or almost total hearing loss – $35,000

Teeth Injuries
Loss or serious damage to back teeth – $1,300 per tooth
Loss or serious damage to front teeth – $7,500

Psychiatric Problems
Damaged ability to deal with life and/or work environments or
damaged relationships with other persons – $90,000

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Complete recovery in the first 3 years - $6,000
Overall recovered but with a few minor symptoms still continuing – $15,000
Moderately severe injuries, disability for the foreseeable future – $40,000
Severe injuries, permanent disability – $70,000

Neck Injuries
Whiplash with good recovery – $5,000
Severe injury, lasting symptoms – $20,000

Shoulder Injuries
Minor injuries of the soft tissue with good recovery $5,000
Moderate injuries with shoulder affected mobility $9,000
Dislocation of shoulder, severe pains – $13,500

Arm Injuries
Slight injuries, good recovery – $5,000
Simple bone fracture, good recovery – $5,000
Simple bone fracture with some loss of functionality – $13,500
Complicated bone fracture - $40,000

Elbow Injuries
Slight injuries – $5,000
Complicated injuries with loss of functionality – $25,000
Complicated injury with permanent disability – $40,000

Wrist Injuries
Simple bone fracture – $5,000
Complicated fracture with permanent disability - $40,000

Hand Injuries
Complicated thumb dislocation – $4,500
Fracture of one finger with complete recovery – $2,500
Amputation of little finger segment – $4,500
Injury with complications of the ring or middle finger – $10,500
Amputation of fingers – $13,500
Fracture with lasting disabilities - $7,500
Amputation of both hands – $120,000

Back Injuries
Strains, sprains with complete recovery – $6,500
Complicated back injuries - $23,000

Hip Injuries
Slight injuries with complete recovery – $10,500
Complicated injuries – $25,000

Leg Injuries
Minor fracture with complete recovery – $4,500
Complicated fracture – $13,500

Knee Injuries
Cuts, bruises, soft tissue injuries with complete recovery – $4,500
Lasting pain, and impairment – $10,000

Ankle Injuries
Strains, bruises, sprains with complete recovery – $4,500
Bone fractures, ligament damage, slight disability - $23,000
Lasting injuries, permanent disabilities - $37,000

Dog bite
Flesh wounds, minor scaring – $4,500