Surprised it's only £200k.
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| Author: | StuartW [ Wed Sep 07, 2022 8:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Berks driver sued for £200k after crash left woman in coma |
Wokingham taxi driver sued for over £200k as horror crash leaves woman in coma https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news ... oman-coma/ A young Wokingham woman has launched a High Court claim through her father for more than £200,000 against a local taxi driver who crashed his cab while she and her boyfriend were in it. Holly Avery, had to be cut out of the Ford Galaxy taxi which was driven by Abid Mehmood, also of Wokingham, after it hit a kerb and bollards before colliding with a street lamp and rolling over, according to a writ issued at the court in London and just made publicly available. The writ says that when she was freed from the vehicle Miss Avery, 20, who was seriously injured was taken by air ambulance to the neuro-intensive care unit at University Hospital Southampton in a coma. The accident was on July 24 2021. Her injuries included a brain haemorrhage, head and facial fractures, a right fractured elbow, and fractures of her left lower leg and ankle. Miss Avery, of 35 Gipsy Lane, Wokingham, has launched the action through her father Paul Avery. Her claim is against driver Abid Mehmood, of Shinfield, Wokingham, and also against insurers IQUW Syndicate Management, of Lombard Street, London EC3. The court papers say that among other things Ms Avery spent five days in an induced coma, needed antibiotics for suspected hospital-acquired pneumonia, and underwent various operations on her injuries. Two weeks after the crash, she was transferred to intensive care at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, before being moved to the acute stroke unit for rehabilitation, and then the neuro rehab unit at West Berkshire Community Hospital. The writ says that her prognosis is uncertain. Mr Mehmood is accused of failing to keep a proper lookout, driving too fast, failing to control his car as he approached the junction with Loddon Bridge Road to avoid hitting the kerb and losing control, and failing to use reasonable care and skill when driving. Miss Avery is seeking damages, and provisions which will allow her to return to court to seek for more compensation if her condition worsens in the future. |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Wed Sep 07, 2022 9:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Berks driver sued for £200k after crash left woman in co |
Surprised it's only £200k.
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| Author: | grandad [ Thu Sep 08, 2022 8:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Berks driver sued for £200k after crash left woman in co |
Is the claim against the driver or his insurance company? |
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| Author: | StuartW [ Thu Sep 08, 2022 11:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Berks driver sued for £200k after crash left woman in co |
Those who actually read the article will have noticed that it wrote: Her claim is against driver Abid Mehmood, of Shinfield, Wokingham, and also against insurers IQUW Syndicate Management, of Lombard Street, London EC3. 
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| Author: | Sussex [ Thu Sep 08, 2022 8:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Berks driver sued for £200k after crash left woman in co |
grandad wrote: Is the claim against the driver or his insurance company? I suspect both, but only one has the money to pay out. |
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| Author: | edders23 [ Sun Sep 11, 2022 1:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Berks driver sued for £200k after crash left woman in co |
grandad wrote: Is the claim against the driver or his insurance company? I believe it is standard practise to sue both jointly if only to establish liability |
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