Remember - the figures shown are only for the injury itself and exclude consequential damages. The total you receive may be considerably more.
How to make a claim
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Some back injuries can lead to paralysis (in which case see "paralysis" for details), but otherwise back injury is classified as "severe" (£24,750 - £108,000) , "moderate" (£8,000 - £24,750) or "minor" (£5,000 - £8,000) for sprains and soft tissue injuries where a full recovery is made without surgery.
Claiming compensation is not difficult and most cases progress smoothly.