 A British woman from a small town in West Yorkshire is pursuing an accident claim against American rock group Bon Jovi after she claims a member of their security team ran her down with a golf buggy.
Sally Allen is suing the group for a quarter of a million pounds compensation as a member of their staff allegedly ran over her leg in a golf buggy, leading to serious injury.
Mrs Allen is a security supervisor and was working at a concert in Milton Keynes where Bon Jovi were performing when the incident took place.
According to Mrs Allen, she attempted to prevent bodyguard Kevin McDonnell, who works for the band, from entering a restricted area at the event in 2006.
The area had been cordoned off due to an earlier fire and no unauthorised people were being allowed to enter. However, Mrs Allen says that when she told Kevin McDonnell this he became angry and swore at her.
He then proceeded to charge towards her in a golf buggy, running over her right leg, causing a fractured knee, ligament damage and knee displacement.
The police became involved and were investigating the case immediately after the altercation occurred, but the case had to be put on hold as Mr McDonnell left the country soon after the incident to continue travelling with Bon Jovi.
As a consequence of her injuries, Mrs Allen has been unable to work for the past two years, having spent a number of weeks with her leg in a cast and suffering with deep vein thrombosis after her initial injuries healed.
Prior to the accident, Mrs Allen and her husband had been trying for a baby, which Mrs Allen said “That’s why I had started working on concerts instead of in pubs and nightclubs. Ironically, I had thought it would be safer," she said.
The stress of the accident and being unable to continue working led to her suffering with depression, which in turn put a strain on her marriage which has now crumbled.
Understandably, Mrs Allen feels that she deserves some compensation for the way in which Mr McDonnell behaved towards her and the long term suffering he has brought into her life.
She said: "I've lost all my self confidence and suffered depression."
She is citing the band, as Mr McDonnell’s employers, as those responsible for the accident and is suing all four members collectively - Jon Bon Jovi, David Bryan, Tico Torres and Richie Sambora – for failing to train and control their staff appropriately.
A spokesman for Bon Jovi said: "This is an ongoing legal case and we have no comment to make about it."
If Mrs Allen is successful, she could win up to £250,000 in compensation from the band.Updated on 06/11/2008
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