Car Accident Claims

David Rushbrook has been jailed for eight years after he caused a fatal road collision when he drove his car the wrong way along the A30 dual carriageway in October 2010. A court heard how Mr Rushbrook, 27, of King's Lynn, Norfolk, performed a U-turn in order to return to a garage he had passed before the crash in Cornwall. The incident occurred between Highgate Hill and Victoria near Bodmin, and both carriageways of the stretch of road were closed for 13 hours whilst emergency services clea....

The family of a man who was knocked off his motorbike in a road traffic accident have been offered £500,000 compensation. Father-of-three, Garry Cobin, was travelling to work in November 2008 when a van pulled out in front of him and knocked him off his Yamaha motorbike. Mr Cobin died as a result of his injuries. Mr Corbin’s fiancée, Nala Feltham, and their three children, Carly, 15, Dylan, 7, and Brooke, 3, have been offered personal injury compensation by the van driver&....

Record pay out: A former Commonwealth Games cyclist has been awarded £14 million in Britain’s biggest ever personal injury compensation payout. Manny Helmot, 39, sustained severe injuries after he was hit by a car while training in 1998. He was rendered partially blind, lost the use of his right arm and still needs 24 hour care. He spent 36 weeks in Hospital. Mr. Helmot represented Guernsey at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpar in 1998. His career was ruined by a car accident aft....

A report by the motor insurance working party, due to be published later this year will highlight a rise in third party car accident injury claims. Mr. Brown, the Chair of the working party stated: “What is clear, is that the growing number of claims management companies are at the heart of it [an increase in injury claims]. Mr. Brown added: “The working party has only done limited research on why there has been such an increase. Claims Management companies are driving peopl....