Neck

Compensation for this injury varies greatly. "Severe" injuries (£16,400 - in the region of £97,500) are where there is "permanent spastic quadriparesis", or "ruptured tendons", or less severe injuries that "may necessitate spinal fusion".  "Moderate" injuries (£5,150 - £16,400) include cases involving whiplash or wreching type injuries with "increased vulnerability to furter trauma".  "Minor" injuries (£875- £5,150) include "soft tissue and whiplash injuries and the like where symptoms are moderate" from which you might recover from between a few weeks and about two years.

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