Injured Motorcyclist Sues For Substantial Sum After Accident
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We all know the dangers of driving vehicles on the roads today. Whether you hear of a car accident that resulted in whiplash claims, or a motorbike accident where the outcome was fatal. Unfortunately, road traffic accident claims involving motorcyclists are increasing in the UK, which is perhaps not surprising given the additional dangers posed on two wheels.
The average car is not as agile or as fast as a motorbike, but is easier to spot on the roads - a point made devastatingly clear to Lesley Williams. She collided with a Suzuki 4x4 vehicle whilst riding her Honda CBR 600 sports bike several years ago. Whilst riding a motorbike requires distinctly different skills to driving a car, many accidents are caused by the inherent differences between motorbikes and cars.
Personal injury claims are often brought against motorists whose acts of negligence have resulted in physical injury; however, insurance companies and the courts will often apportion liability amongst the parties so that no one driver is held solely responsible.
Unless the defendant is clearly the only person to blame for an accident, distributing liability helps to establish each party's culpability. In the present case, it has been reported in the Plymouth Herald newspaper that Ms Williams is suing the driver of the Suzuki Vitari 4x4, David Marks, for no less than 300,000.
Ms Williams has claimed that, in November 2007, she was travelling behind Mr Marks' vehicle on the B3252 when she attempted to make a legal overtaking manoeuvre. After indicating correctly, Ms Williams is said to have pulled out before moving alongside Mr Marks' vehicle. At this point, it is further alleged that Mr Marks made a sudden and unannounced right turn into the entrance of Looe Bay Caravan and Camping Park.
Allegedly Mr Marks unfortunately drove into the path of Ms Williams who was thrown from her bike and suffered multiple injuries and has been unable to return to work since the accident. In addition to sustaining a broken pelvis, Ms Williams suffered compound fractures to her right arm and leg in the accident and still requires medical supervision.
Having issued a writ at the High Court, Ms Williams' legal team contends that Mr Marks was negligent in failing to check before executing a right turn, which resulted in his driving into Ms Williams' motorbike.
The success of Ms Williams' claim will hinge in part on whether Mr Marks indicated before pulling out and whether he had begun to manoeuvre before or after Ms Williams began to overtake him. Motorbikes can accelerate with considerable speed and often drift into a car driver's blind spot, so eye witness reports are necessary in order to establish how much each party was to blame for the accident.
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