Compensation Payout Guide

Please use our interactive guide below to see the typical compensation awards received for different types of accident and injury.These amounts are accepted as the standard guidelines for awarding compensation and you should be wary of any company that promises you more than is shown here.

Simply click on the type of injury next to the body

• Head/Neck Injuries
• Torso Injuries
• Arm Injuries
• Leg Injuries

 

Brain Damage		$9,875 to $257,750
Minor head injury		$1,400 to $8,100
Facial Injuries
Cheek bones		$1,500 to $10,100
Jaw fractures		$4,100 to $29,000
Facial disfigurement		$2,500 to $62,000 (females) $2,500 to $42,000 (males)
Eye Injuries		$2,500 to $172,500
Ear Injuries		$8,000 to $70,000
Whiplash/General Neck injuries		$850 to $95,000
Psychiatric Damage
Chronic fatigue syndrome		up to $32,000
Post-traumatic stress disorder		$2,500 to $64,250

Whiplash/General Neck injuries		$850 to $95,000
Back injuries		$5,000 to $108,000
Shoulder injuries		$2,750 to $30,750
Chest and Lung Injuries		$20,000 to $35,000
Asbestos-related Lung disease		$30,750 to $81,500
Fractured ribs		up to $2,500
Food poisoning		$600 to $33,500
Quadriplegia		$206,750 to $257,750
Paraplegia		$140,000 to $181,500

Arm Injuries		up to $191,500
Shoulder injuries		$2,750 to $30,750
Wrist injuries		$2,250 to $38,250
Hand injuries		$600 to $129,000
Finger Injuries		up to $23,500
Loss of thumb		$22,750 to $35,000
Vibration White Finger / Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome		$1,900 to $20,250

Leg Injuries		$5,750 to $180,000
Knee Injuries		up to $61,500
Ankle injuries		up to $32,000
Foot injuries		up to $128,500
Toe injuries		up to $36,000