One of the Solicitors at What’s My Claim Worth acted for a client involved in a road traffic collision whilst riding his motorbike on a main road. The Defendant failed to see the client who was correctly proceeding along the road and unfortunately collided with him. The client, who had, prior to the accident, enjoyed playing golf, cycling and walking alongside riding his motorcycle suffered a very nasty fracture and dislocation of his ankle enduring two surgical procedures to put his ankle back into the correct position together with surgery to fix the ankle break to the fibula. He was in hospital for 3 days and 2 nights due to the severity of his injuries. The client will be left with an increased risk of developing osteoarthritis in his later years and psychological injury in the form of adjustment disorder and fear of travel, the symptoms of which would reduce with treatment within 3 years of the date of the collision. Liability was admitted by the Defendant within a short space of time and court proceedings did not need to be issued. Our client had just started a new business and had limited evidence to prove potential future loss of earnings, particularly as this business was started immediately before the Covid pandemic. Our team here at What’s My Claim Worth arranged private physiotherapy to aid his recovery and claimed loss of earnings, care and assistance received from his family members, modifications to his home including a banister rail and various aids around the home to help him in the early days following the collision. We also claimed the pre-accident value of his damaged motorbike. Specialist medical evidence was obtained from an Orthopaedic Surgeon and a Psychologist for his psychological injuries. The Experts felt the injuries would result in a disadvantage in the client finding work should he be placed back into the market for jobs together with a future loss of earnings should he require further surgery in the future. We successfully settled the claim for £65,000 and our client was extremely grateful and thanked the team for all their help and advice throughout the duration of the claim.
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