Driver convicted of Wounding with Intent after car mounted pavement causing Severe Injuries

Our client was walking along the pavement with other pedestrians.  A car mounted the pavement and hit our client.

 

Our client was taken to hospital via ambulance.  He suffered a fractured skull and bruising to the brain, a fractured clavicle leading to permanent disfigurement, along with torn leg muscles and ligaments.  His head injury caused severe headaches, vertigo, loss of appetite and nausea.  He has very little memory of the accident and was kept in hospital for a week.

 

Lawson-West began a personal injury claim.  The driver was at fault because:-

 

·         he failed to keep any proper look out;

·         he was driving too fast;

·         he mounted the footpath;

·         he failed to notice our client;

·         he failed to control the car either by way of stopping, swerving or otherwise to avoid the accident;

·         he injured our client by deliberately mounting the pavement;

·         failed to care for our client’s safety.

 

The driver failed to stop at the scene of the accident.  The accident was reported to the police.  Afterwards the car involved was found burnt out.  It was reported in the local newspaper that the driver appeared to be aiming the car at two other pedestrians who managed to get out of the way so the car hit our client, who was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, instead.  After a police investigation, the driver was convicted in court of wounding with intent in respect of our client.

 

The driver was uninsured so the accident compensation claim was made against the Motor Insurance Bureau who process claims for injuries caused by uninsured drivers.

 

Lawson-West recovered compensation of £25,000 in respect of our client’s injuries and additional expenses for physiotherapy and compensation for loss of earnings as our client was off work for 5 months.