Our client was a passenger on a bus which was approaching a busy junction. The bus driver suddenly veered from the middle lane into the bus lane. A car was already in the bus lane indicating to turn left. The bus collided with the car. Despite properly sitting in her bus seat, our client was jolted forwards, sustaining injury.
Lawson-West, solicitors, began a personal injury claim. The accident was the bus driver’s fault as the driver had:-
- driven too fast;
- failed to keep any proper look out for other vehicles;
- failed to stop, slow down or control the bus to avoid the accident;
- failed to notice the car in the bus lane;
- failed to give way to vehicles already in the bus lane;
- breached statutory duties under the Highway Code and Road Traffic Act 1988.
Our client sustained a whiplash injury to her neck and back. She attended the Accident and Emergency Department of the local hospital after the accident.
Lawson-West claimed £1913 general damages compensation for her injuries. As our client was not employed at the time of the accident, she had not lost any earnings. Lawson-West were also able to arrange the recommended course of physiotherapy and extra compensation for travel to medical appointments and for help from relatives with household chores that our client could not do until her injuries had healed.
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