£225,000.00 For Motorcycling Mother
We have recently concluded a personal injury claim for a 39 year old mother of 2 young children. Our client was a pillion passenger on her then partner’s motorcycle when he was involved in a collision with a car. Our client suffered multiple injuries including injuries to her neck, fractures to her right elbow and left arm, an injury to her left knee and other soft tissue injuries, together with a rupture to her spleen which had to be removed.
Due to the injuries our client sustained in the accident, she had no recollection of its circumstances but a dispute on liability arose between the insurers for her ex-partner and for the car driver. This could have made it difficult to secure interim payments for our client but fortunately we were able to secure regular interim payments for her despite the ongoing liability dispute.
Given the severity of her initial injuries, our client made a very good recovery. However, she was unable to return to her pre-accident work as a retail supervisor. A neuropsychological report which we obtained suggested that she may have ongoing problems of memory and concentration and these could affect her ability to work to the levels she had done before the accident.
Our client’s relationship with her ex-partner broke down following the accident and it became an issue as to when she would have been returning to work in any event given her care commitments to her young children.
Our client was anxious for her claim to be resolved as quickly as possible so that she could put the distressing circumstances of the accident behind her. The Defendants did reach agreement between themselves eventually as to liability and following substantial negotiations, we were able to reach a settlement of £225,000.00 on behalf of our client.
As our client is in receipt of various means tested social security benefits, we arranged for her personal injury damages to be paid into a personal injury trust to ensure that her damages will not effect our client’s entitlement to means-tested social security benefits.