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Paperboy smashed up by HGV has to pay DRIVER compensation for post-traumatic stress

Apologies if it's a repost, the case was reported in the summer but I only just found out about it via the outstanding Cycling Lawyer blog. Time to leave the country, fellow cyclists?

A PAPERBOY run over by a lorry out on his rounds five years ago will not receive a penny in compensation, an Appeal Court has ruled.

Joshua Smith, of Hollington Road, Tean, suffered a fractured pelvis, an open head wound, a ruptured kidney, bruised lungs, broken teeth, lacerations and a brain injury when he was hit by the lorry at the age of 13 in September 2005.

But yesterday top judges decided the lorry's driver could in no way be blamed for the accident.

Instead, they ruled that trucker, Mark Hammond, of Paragon Close, Cheadle, is due a payout from Joshua's employers – the Co-operative Group Ltd – for the post traumatic stress disorder he suffered after knocking the youngster off the bike he had been given for Christmas.

To be fair, i don't get your point either...
Without knowing all the details they say the kid ran into the truck??

Genuine accidents are sadly a reality, this sounds like one too me :(

Don't get me wrong, i'm not a truck lover ffs!