Award for assaulted bus driver

A former London bus driver who was badly hurt in an assault by a passenger and then sacked for taking time off while he was injured has been paid £75,000 compensation by his former employer. He was attacked by an aggressive and drunk passenger who swung a bag of beer bottles against his left arm causing trauma to the shoulder and elbow. He also suffered psychologically injuries that left him unable to return to driving without counselling. He was driving on a notorious route where there had been a number of incidents of assaults and abuse of bus drivers. His employer alleged throughout the case that the driver was the aggressor and had attacked the passenger, even though Metropolitan Police reports showed otherwise.