Teacher wins payout in successful compensation claim
A teacher has won over £350,000 in a successful compensation claim after he was seriously injured in an accident.
The 32 year-old was involved in a collision with a school bus in 2004 and received £365,000 after he was left with a broken pelvis and a shattered hip. He was standing by his car when, without warning, the bus reversed, injuring him.
The man described his traumatic experience: "I'd been engaged to marry at the time of the accident but I was so shattered that the relationship broke up. I needed counselling to cope with the anger and depression I felt. It wasn't just that my life had been turned upside down through no fault of my own it was also because the council didn't want to accept responsibility."
He also added: "The fact that there have been so many serious accidents involving council vehicles in the past five years shows there is something badly wrong."
Updated on 14/08/2008