Fraudulent Whiplash Claims

Whiplash is a chronic neck injury which is caused by the sudden jerk to the neck. In the recent past claims for Whiplash has been significantly increasing as it disturbs the body as well as mind. However some fraudulent claims in the past have been made. The main reason for this is to earn easy money by faking the pain and harassing the accused and insurance companies. This is extremely unlawful and should be checked strongly objected and stopped.

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Whiplash is not only an injury of the body but also affects the mind as the patient is not able to perform his daily routine work smoothly. It is caused generally when people meet with accidents on roads with vehicles. Law has allowed the sufferer to claim damages for the problem to be cured and for not performing the routine work. Apart, insurance companies pay for the complete medical treatment and other expenses if the person is not able to perform certain activity. Some people take undue advantage of the law and fake their problem to be a chronic for earning easy money.

Fraudulent whiplash claims have been heavy on the insurance companies which are about £125m every year. For this particular reason, correct diagnosis should be done to help the insurance companies win the cases against these frauds. With proper check up and diagnosis it can be found out if the problem is genuine or fake.

Measures taken to reduce the fraudulent claims

Some measures have been taken to reduce fraudulent claims which have resulted in some delay for the genuine claimant. There are cases where gangs of criminals have been caught red handed for staging of car crashes for making fraudulent claims. Some steps have been taken to help the genuine claimants where researches are carried out to detect fake whiplash symptoms. Several instances are there where team of doctors were set up to observe people suffering from whiplash which has proven that mainly exaggerated symptoms are the way to make fraudulent claims. Some researches have proven that problems such as inflammation, range of motion, muscle pull and the fixation of vertebral joints can not be faked.

However, some concerns have risen for the cost incurred to identify the fraud which is very high and which delays the actual and genuine claims also. Some strong methods should be adapted to prevent inconvenience caused to genuine claimants and punish the fraud ones.

So, fraudulent claims should not be pursued as these are unethical and unlawful.