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South Tyneside personal injury lawyers, Thompsons Solicitors, is celebrating after helping to recover more than £2.7m in compensation for local injured people in the last 12 months alone.
The firm has recovered the compensation for 291 victims in the South Tyneside area.
Thompsons’ team based in Fowler Street, South Shields, has recovered the compensation for clients in cases ranging from road traffic accidents, vibration white finger, accidents at work and asbestos-related conditions.
Thompsons works mainly for trade union members and their families who get free high quality legal advice and representation through their union’s legal scheme but Thompsons also takes on private cases for individuals.
Our job is to get the maximum compensation for our clients
David Mole from Thompsons' South Shields office said: “Every one of our clients from the South Tyneside area was injured through no fault of their own. Many were injured at work, others were involved in road traffic accidents, some tripped or fell in a public place.
“Our job is to get the maximum compensation for our clients who do not have to pay for us, regardless of whether they win or lose.”
Among the clients helped by Thompsons was a GMB member from Washington who received £9,000 in damages after she suffered a serious back injury during a car accident.
She had been advised to accept just £1,250 in damages by her insurer’s solicitors but contacted her trade union for a second opinion. Thompsons immediately saw that the offer was too low and fought the claim before settling it for almost nine times the amount her first solicitors said she should take.
Thompsons South Shields office also fought a case for Tommy Clough from Houghton-le-Spring after he was buried alive in cement at work leaving him with cement burns across his entire body and post traumatic stress disorder. The case settled for a substantial sum.
Need compensation to get you back on track after an injury? Trust Thompsons with your personal injury claim.
If you’ve been injured and would like advice on whether you have a case for personal injury compensation, contact our solicitors today.
Our commitment to acting only for the injured is written into our partnership deed. We are among the UK’s only claimant-only law firms, which means that we will represent the injured or mistreated person and refuse to act for employers or insurance companies. We know whose side we are on, and we are committed to securing a better deal for you.
Contact our friendly team of experts today for a free, no obligation assessment of whether you have a case. If you do, we’ll work with you to build a solid case for compensation that takes into account all of the ways you’ve been affected by your injury.
If you’d like more detailed information about how to start a claim before you call, visit our How to Make a Compensation Claim page.