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spindrift

None of the statements given to the police on the day of the accident,
including the Defendant’s, mention that the Claimant was using her
mobile phone.

https://clinicalnegligencebarrister.wordpress.com/2019/06/24/brushett-v-hazeldean-the-facts/

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pdlouche in reply to @spindrift

If any wider good has come from this case it is that the publicity may encourage cyclists to take out insurance to protect themselves in the event that their riding causes someone to suffer injury.

their riding causes ... sigh. And yet, a motorist’s driving causes so many incidents reported as accidents and gone unpunished.

I suppose the most bitter pill that isn’t addressed is the high price of court costs, and that the adage “there are no winners” is false; the solicitors win big.

Interesting that the speed/distance calculations are provided, I can’t remember the last time I took that street but I’m pretty sure I stopped doing so because of the peds and that it is really not possible to do it at the speed H claimed. Or maybe, it’s not possible without colliding with someone.

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HousecatHST in reply to @pdlouche

their riding causes ... sigh. And yet, a motorist’s driving causes so many incidents reported as accidents and gone unpunished.

Very much this, every single day hundreds, and I really do mean hundreds of these civil cases are settled and 99.9% relate to damage and injury cased by motorists.

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