After a serious injury, assessing harm means establishing its consequences for health, independence, work and relationships. Infortunistica Antoniana helps you gather the evidence useful for a compensation claim.
Request an assessmentFree advice, with no upfront costs
An assessment that considers everyday life
An accident can change how a person moves, works and looks after themselves. For people with serious injuries and the family members who care for them, these consequences must be carefully established. Infortunistica Antoniana helps the injured person gather documents and assess the technical, medico-legal and compensation aspects of the case.
The impairment percentage is only one part of the analysis. Our article on bodily injury compensation tables for minor and major permanent impairment helps explain their role, without confusing a table with a complete assessment of the individual’s circumstances.
Which consequences need to be documented
- Health: the duration of temporary incapacity and permanent impairment established by medico-legal assessment.
- Suffering and personal life: the actual consequences of the trauma, assessing emotional suffering and any individual adjustment of compensation where justified, while avoiding duplication.
- Treatment and care: rehabilitation, medicines, aids, care from other people and future needs supported by medical and documentary evidence.
- Independence: any adaptations to the home or transport needed in view of the person’s condition.
- Work and income: lost earnings and effects on the ability to perform the person’s particular work, to be demonstrated in relation to their occupation and professional prospects.
To explore the differences between types of harm, see our article on emotional suffering and individual adjustment of compensation and our guide to temporary incapacity.
The role of family members
Family members’ lives can also change profoundly. A claim for harm they have suffered themselves requires an assessment of the relationship and the actual consequences: it does not arise automatically from kinship alone. We discuss this in our article on harm to family relationships when a loved one has major permanent impairment.
How we approach the case
- Listening and initial documentation. We establish the incident, the course of medical care and the person’s needs.
- Liability and evidence. We examine the evidence useful for clarifying how the harm occurred and who may be liable.
- Assessing the consequences. Medical records are considered alongside expenses, income and present and future care needs.
- The claim and review of the offer. We support you in handling the claim and assessing the compensation offered.
Where to start
Keep medical reports, records, prescriptions, receipts and work-related documents. Make notes of the care needed and everyday difficulties, while recognising that these notes do not replace professional assessments. Before settling a claim, it is advisable to understand future needs too.
If the incident occurred at work, see our page on serious and fatal workplace accidents. For a road accident, you can find more information in our section on road traffic accidents.
