PEDESTRIAN INJURED BY BUS WHICH MOUNTED PAVEMENT

May 26th, 2010 admin

In the recent personal injury compensation case of Osei-Antwi v. South East London & Kent Bus Co Ltd decided by the Court of Appeal in January 2010, the Court reversed an earlier decision by a judge who decided that a pedestrian was guilty of contributory negligence by standing lawfully on a pavement when she was hit by a bus which had unlawfully mounted the same pavement.

The rear of a bus, while turning a corner, mounted the pavement and hit the female pedestrian. The judge in the lower Court found that notwithstanding the woman was standing on a designated pavement area she was very close to the road and had not kept a proper look out for the bus.

COMMENT:-

Common sense finally prevailed but it just shows the lengths that defendant insurers will go to try and avoid paying full compensation to injured claimants. If the Court of Appeal had refused the appeal then insurers up and down the country would have been rubbing their hands together trying to devise other strategies to avoid paying accident injury compensation to people injured by the negligent acts of others.

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