£3.4 Million Compensation for 14 Year Old Road Accident Victim

Child brain injury caused by road accident

The Birmingham High Court approved a settlement of £3.4 million for a 14 year old boy who was severely injured in a road accident in 1999.

The boy, who lives in Leicester, was 5 years old when he was run over by a car in the road outside his house.  He sustained serious brain injuries in the accident.  The crash was caused because the driver of the car was not paying proper attention to the road and failed to see the boy when he was crossing.  Had the driver been paying proper attention, the crash could easily have been avoided.

Stephen Nye, Associate Solicitor at Irwin Mitchell in Birmingham, who represented the boy commented:

“I was asked to advise the family some 6 years after the accident happened, other solicitors having effectively turned the case down.  Even after that time, thorough investigations were able to determine that the cause of the accident had been the driver’s inattention to the road. The accident happened on a housing estate , which at the time was a busy traffic route. It is a salutary lesson to us all to exercise proper caution when driving, particularly in residential areas where children are likely to be playing.  The award of compensation will be managed by the Court on behalf of my client and will be used primarily to meet his longer term care and accommodation needs”.

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