captain cab wrote:
was obstructed because of an unmaintained hedge.
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| Author: | captain cab [ Thu Jul 15, 2010 7:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Accident victim wins compo appeal against local council |
A pedestrian who was knocked down and injured by a taxi as she crossed a Stratford High Street in north London, is to receive compensation after it was ruled that the local council was partly responsible. Pervin Yetkin, 54, was on her way to play bingo when she crossed a road with the traffic lights against her in February 2004. She was hit by the taxi and suffered life-threatening injuries including a fractured neck and internal bleeding, Mrs. Yetkin claimed that her view of the oncoming traffic was obstructed because of an unmaintained hedge. After a four-year legal battle, Mrs. Yetkin, 54, successfully appealed against an earlier ruling that she was not entitled to claim compensation because she was substantially to blame for the night-time accident in February 2004. The court of appeal has now concluded that Newham Council must pay compensation for 25 per cent of her injuries because it had a care of duty to maintain the hedge properly. Consequently, the appeal judges Lord Justice Laws, Lady Justice Black and Lady Justice Smith dismissed last year’s decision that Newham Council were not responsible and did not owe Mrs. Yetkin a duty of care, and that the previous judge in the earlier ruling had misunderstood the law. The compensation to be awarded will be decided at a future date. |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Thu Jul 15, 2010 7:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Accident victim wins compo appeal against local council |
captain cab wrote: was obstructed because of an unmaintained hedge.
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| Author: | captain cab [ Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:20 pm ] |
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ffs I wonder if her view of the traffic lights being on green was also obstructed? CC |
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| Author: | toots [ Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:29 pm ] |
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captain cab wrote: ffs I wonder if her view of the traffic lights being on green was also obstructed?
CC People just aren't held responsible for thier own stupid behaviour anymore 
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| Author: | captain cab [ Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:33 pm ] |
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toots wrote: captain cab wrote: ffs I wonder if her view of the traffic lights being on green was also obstructed? CC People just aren't held responsible for thier own stupid behaviour anymore They are / were with Birdy and Moaty 
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| Author: | toots [ Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:36 pm ] |
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Quote: They are / were with Birdy and Moaty
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| Author: | bloodnock [ Thu Jul 15, 2010 11:09 pm ] |
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toots wrote: Quote: They are / were with Birdy and Moaty the Birdy and Moaty ballad.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWrnt7xv1lA |
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Thu Jul 15, 2010 11:18 pm ] |
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Quote: After a four-year legal battle, Mrs. Yetkin, 54, successfully appealed against an earlier ruling that she was not entitled to claim compensation because she was substantially to blame for the night-time accident in February 2004.
for substantially read totally crossed a road despite a red light was she nicked for jaywalking? must be some bush - i love a hairy bush |
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