Young passenger suffered serious injury when driver lost control of the vehicle.

Background

We acted for a young man who was involved in a road traffic accident in which he suffered catastrophic injuries.

He was 33 at the time of the accident. He was injured in Blackpool when travelling as a passenger in a vehicle driven by the First Defendant who was drunk at the time.  Our client had not secured a seatbelt. He suffered a traumatic brain injury.

Our client suffered very significant injuries, the main injury being a severe traumatic brain injury. This had a significant and permanent cognitive and functional impact on him.    He lived with two of his children and continued to live with them and look after them with support throughout.

We arranged rehabilitation and treatment for him following the accident.   A period of this was in residential inpatient rehabilitation.

Significant interim payments were obtained to fund rehabilitation, replace lost wages and ease financial hardship.

A settlement was reached in relation to a reduction of damages for contributory negligence due to his lack of seat belt which was approved by the Court.  We instructed a wide range of experts to produce reports to fully understand the extent of his injuries and long term implications and needs .

The case was challenging as whilst there was agreement between both sides that our client had suffered a serious traumatic brain injury but there was a significant dispute regarding the ongoing effects of his brain injury and the extent of his potential future disabilities.

He made a good recovery from physical injuries.

Our claim included general damages for pain suffering and loss of amenity, past care, past loss of earnings and miscellaneous expenses, future loss of earnings, future care and assistance in case management, future accommodation costs, future medical and therapy costs and other future expenses.   We also claimed Court of Protection costs as the Claimant lacked capacity.

The claim settled at a Joint Settlement Meeting for a multi-million-pound figure and the settlement was approved by the Court.

Representation

We secured a small reduction in contributory negligence before Trial as the driver was drunk and our client was not wearing a seat belt.  This was approved by the court.

Resolution

Our claim included general damages for pain suffering and loss of amenity, past care, past loss of earnings and miscellaneous expenses, future loss of earnings, future care and assistance in case management, future accommodation costs, future medical and therapy costs and other future expenses.   We also had Court of Protection costs as the Claimant lacked capacity.

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