Liability Risk and Insurance
£5.5mn in damages for crash victim
The High Court has awarded £5.5mn in damages to a woman who was left disabled after a motorway crash. She was left paralysed
and wheelchair bound after she was forced off the motorway by a van. The van driver’s insurers failed in an attempt to have
the amount reduced by £1mn because she receives £50,000 a year from her local council in benefits.