Whiplash injury caused by failure to give way at a junction

Our client was driving within the speed limit along a familiar country lane in the afternoon.  Suddenly another car failed to give way at a junction and collided with our client’s car.

Lawson-West began a personal injury claim.  The road traffic accident was the other driver’s fault because he:-

• drove too fast;
• failed to keep a proper look out;
• failed to give way at a junction;
• failed to notice our client’s car;
• failed to stop, slow down or control his car to avoid the collision;
• breached the Road Traffic Act 1988 and the Highway Code.

Our client attended the local hospital after the accident as she suffered from whiplash to her neck and back along with bruising on her arm and hip, headaches and anxiety.

Lawson-West recovered compensation in respect of our client’s whiplash injuries and for expenses incurred as a result of the accident.  Our client approached Lawson-West a month before her limitation period was due to expire and within a period of five months, Lawson-West managed to issue court proceedings, obtain medical evidence and negotiate a settlement before court proceedings were due to be served.  This reflects the timely fashion that this case was dealt with and the fact that, even with a month before limitation was due to expire, it was a case that Lawson West was able to deal with.

Lorry rear end shunted a car at red traffic lights causing whiplash injuries to the car driver

Our client was driving his car when he stopped at a set of red traffic lights.  Suddenly and without warning, our client’s car was rear end shunted by a lorry.  Despite wearing a seatbelt, our client sustained whiplash injuries to his neck and back and suffered pain around his kneecaps.

Lawson-West began a personal injury claim.  The accident was the lorry driver’s fault as he:-

• failed to keep a proper look out;
• drove too fast;
• failed to notice our client’s car;
• failed to stop, slow down or control his lorry to avoid the accident;
• failed to notice the traffic lights were red;
• was in breach of the Highway Code and Road Traffic Act 1988.

Our client attended his GP where he was advised he was suffering with high blood pressure as a result of the accident as well as his whiplash injuries.

Lawson-West recovered general damages of £4500 for pain and suffering as a result of injuries sustained in the accident and further compensation for losses and expenses.

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Collision caused by overtaking driver led to fractured ribs and shoulder

Our client was driving her car along an A-road.  There was a car behind her.  She indicated to turn right and then began to turn right into a side road.  As she did so, the car behind attempted to overtake our client’s car and drove into her car.

 

The accident was the other driver’s fault because he:

 

·         failed to keep any or any proper lookout,

·         failed to see our client’s car,

·         failed to notice she was indicating to turn,

·         failed to notice she had slowed down so she could turn safely,

·         attempted to overtake our client’s car when it clearly unsafe to do so,

·         failed to steer or control his car or to brake to avoid the collision,

·         was in breach of duty under the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Highway Code.

 

Our client sustained a fractured shoulder-blade and fractured ribs.  She attended hospital after the accident.  Lawson-West began a personal injury claim.

 

The other driver denied liability.  Lawson-West issued court proceedings to recover compensation for our client for her injuries.  As the other driver continued to deny liability, the compensation claim went to court.  It is rare for a case like this to proceed to a final Court hearing.  Due to the strong evidence of our client and witnesses the Judge found that the sole cause of the accident was that the other driver had misinterpreted what was happening ahead of him.

 

The court found that the other driver was liable and awarded compensation.  Our client was awarded agreed damages of £6700 for her pain and suffering resulting from her injuries and expenses incurred as a result of the accident.

 

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Rear End Shunt led to Whiplash and Neck Injury

Our client was driving to a training course.  Two work colleagues were passengers in the car.  Our client stopped at a main roundabout, waiting for traffic to clear.  Suddenly he was rear end shunted by another car driver.

 

The accident was the other driver’s fault because he:

 

·         drove too fast;

·         failed to keep a proper look out for other vehicles;

·         failed to give way at a junction;

·         failed to stop, slow down or control his car to avoid the crash;

·         was in breach of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and the Highway Code.

 

Our client sustained whiplash injuries to his neck, shoulders and back and had to wear a neck brace as advised by his General Practitioner.

 

The other driver admitted liability.

 

Lawson-West began a personal injury claim and our client was awarded £2100 in compensation for his injuries.  Lawson-West also recovered additional compensation for assistance with household chores and prescription costs.

 

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Rear End Shunt at Junction caused Back Injury

Our client had stopped at a junction, waiting to turn left from a side road so that he could continue his journey.  Suddenly another car rear end shunted our client’s car causing injuries.

 

The other driver was at fault because he:

 

·         failed to slow down as he approached a junction;

·         failed to keep a look out for other vehicles;

·         failed to notice our client’s car;

·         failed to stop, slow down or control his car to avoid collision;

·         was in breach of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Highway Code.

 

Our client sustained a back injury and went to see his General Practitioner after the accident.  He was referred to an Osteopath.

 

Our client took 4 days off work and could not play football, which he played regularly, for 6 weeks after the accident.  Our client had trouble carrying out household chores following the accident because of his back injury.

 

Lawson-West began a personal injury claim.  The other driver admitted liability.  Lawson-West recovered compensation of £1350 in respect of our client’s back injury.  Further compensation was recovered for the osteopathic treatment, travel to and from medical appointments and other out of pocket expenses resulting from the accident.

Rear End Shunt led to Whiplash and a Write-off

Our client was driving.  Needing to make a right turn, she checked her mirror and saw no other vehicles behind her, indicated and stopped to wait until she could make the turn.  As she was waiting a car collided into her from behind, shunting our client’s car the length of two shop fronts.

 

Lawson-West began a personal injury claim.  The driver who caused the rear end shunt, was at fault because:

 

·         she failed to keep a proper look out

·         she drove too fast

·         she failed to notice our client’s car

·         she failed to stop or swerve to avoid the accident

 

The accident was witnessed by a passenger in our client’s car.

 

Our client sustained whiplash causing problems with her shoulder.  Her GP recommended physiotherapy.  Our client had to take a week off work.  Although she received basic pay for this week, she would have expected to receive an overtime payment so lost this payment as she was unable to work.  She also suffered flashbacks which caused disturbed sleep and tiredness and made her reluctant to drive near to where the accident took place.

 

The driver of the car who had caused the accident was reluctant to involve the insurers as she was not named on the insurance policy.  However, our client was awarded £2000 in general damages for her whiplash and shoulder injury. 

 

Lawson-West recovered the overtime payment that our client would have normally received and recovered car hire charges.  Our client’s car was written off so she had to hire a car whilst purchasing a replacement car.