Slips and falls, whether they result in a broken bone injury claim or not, can be difficult to prove when it comes to liability and negligence. Trouble is that in the past, when someone was out to defraud an insurance company or business owner, pretending to fall on their property was a sure way to get paid, especially if a prior injury could be blamed upon the unsuspecting victim. This shady past is the reason why most insurance companies will refuse to even hear claims for compensation, even from a prominent neck whiplash solicitor or personal injury lawyer.

Proving the injury

The term broken bone can often be misleading when a neck whiplash solicitor, personal injury lawyer, or even an insurance company adjustor is trying to interpret medical records. They are often trying to determine the severity of an injury, and a bone injury can have several levels of severity, and not all of them are grounds for compensation. Under that blanket medical term, there could be anything from a bone being chipped or cracked to a complete break, all of which factor into how long it will take to heal, and how much expense. Insurance companies are often very suspicious when it comes to lengthy chiropractic treatment and physiotherapy.

Once the severity of your injury has been determined, the next step is to prove that it was a direct result of the accident you say caused it. Some are easy enough to determine, but other injuries, like those to the back, become suspect, and are not so easy to prove. X-rays can be vital evidence in cases of personal injury, especially when the insurance company is out to prove fraud, because in the hands of a medical expert, it can be proved that it is a reasonable injury to expect under the circumstances, as well as it being a �fresh� injury, not a prior one.

Proving liability

Once all the medical records have been gathered, and the severity of your injuries determined, the next step is to prove who is responsible for that injury. In some cases it is very clear, like properties that are poorly maintained. In others, it can be difficult, especially if it can be proved that the actual cause of the accident was negligence on your part, like being distracted while walking because of a mobile phone. Any evidence you can provide surrounding the chronology leading up to your injury can be a vital part of your case when making a claim for compensation.

To prove negligence on the part of the person responsible for maintaining a safe environment inside or outside any establishment, you must be able to show that they failed to take appropriate steps to discharge that responsibility. Pictures of a broken sidewalk or pavement is easy. Pictures of snowdrifts around a sidewalk is more difficult to prove negligence, as circumstances in bad weather change by the second. Your lawyer is the best judge of what can and cannot be proved in cases like this.