Compensation for this injury varies greatly. "Severe" injuries (£14,500 - £86,500) are where there is "permanent spastic quadriparesis, or ruptured tendons, or less severe injuries that require spinal fusion". "Moderate" injuries (£4,575 - £14,500) include cases involving whiplash or wreching type injuries with little recovery. "Minor" injuries (£750 - £4,575) include "soft tissue and whiplash injuries with less severe symptoms" from which you might recover from between a few weeks and about two years.







