Amputation Claims Revisited

One of the odd quirks of my practice in the catastrophic injury field is that I have carved out a particular speciality dealing with amputation claims. On the back of this, I was asked to lecture to PIBA on the topic in 2020 and then write an article for PI focus in 2021.

Those that have seen or read my musings on this subject matter in the past will know that I have long been of the view that amputation cases are routinely being undervalued and under-settled. There are a number of reasons for this, but in my opinion the most obvious ones are a failure to instruct the right experts and a failure to maximise some of the key claims such prosthetics and care. This trend then feeds into the valuations made by some insurers on such cases.