BikeLawyer smashes previous firm's valuation of claim by £125,000

[Bikelawyer]

BikeLawyer smashes previous firm’s claim valuation by £125,000

Mr P was riding his motorcycle to work and was riding on a major road on approach to a T-Junction (the minor road).  As Mr P approached the T-Junction a car pulled out in to his path.  Mr P was unable to avoid the car and came in to collision with the front bonnet and wing of the car and sustained a compound fracture to the medial malleolus and tibial plafond of his left ankle and a subsequent pulmonary embolism.   He reported the incident to his insurance company who sold his claim to a panel solicitor. The panel solicitor obtained medical evidence but liability was denied.  A valuation of £40,000.00 was placed on the claim. 

Mr P was not happy with the medical evidence or the advice that he was provided in respect of the valuation of his claim and he contacted BikeLawyer Motorcycle Accident Solicitors.  Within a week of taking over the claim we obtained a full admission of liability and within 10 days posted an interim payment of £5,000.00 to Mr P. 

Further, it was clear that the medical expert had not identified that Mr P had at least 5 splinters of bone within the ankle which required surgery (which had been identified by a CT scan) and so we obtained a further medical report from a leading orthopaedic expert with a specialism in foot and ankle injuries. 

Within 6 months of taking over the claim, the case successfully settled for £165,000.00.

Best wishes Andrew Campbell, Solicitor, Bikelawyer You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

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[sdwboss]

Well done, quite a result

I don't suppose you could tell me much would you value a claim if Mr X had non-serious injury for 4-6 weeks after being hit from his bike by a car?  Not that I know anyone in that situation... 

[Bikelawyer]

Mr X might just get over £1,000 for pain, suffering and loss of amenity (in addition to financial losses) although it may well fall below te £1,000 mark (say £750) which will annoy Mr X's solicitors as if Mr X does not get over £1000 for pain, suffering and loss of amenity they solicitors don't get their costs from Mr X's opponent!

[sdwboss]

Mr X might just get over £1,000 for pain, suffering and loss of amenity (in addition to financial losses) although it may well fall below te £1,000 mark (say £750) which will annoy Mr X's solicitors as if Mr X does not get over £1000 for pain, suffering and loss of amenity they solicitors don't get their costs from Mr X's opponent!

Bang on the money at just over £1000, I appreciate it's difficult without a full case to look at, so thank you! 

I'm just a bit annoyed that a friend of mine who was a passenger in a car got whiplash a few years ago, and was off school for 2 days, and he received around £2500. Meanwhile I Mr X couldn't walk, work or drive for nearly 2 weeks, and has had a valuation considerably less than that It's a funny ol' world 

[Foody]

Hey Bike  Lawyer.

I salute you.....  In fact I salute you 165000 times.

Well done for your client.  None of us want to end up in this position but if we were......

[Bloke]

Aye good job, well done :)

I've a query for you.

The old severn bridge, the road surface is ridiculously dire, full of patches, potholes and rough as heck.

So rough in fact that they have a "temporary" flashy amber sign (that has been there for over 2 years to my knowledge) saying "motorcycles and scooters 15mph"

Now I understand the need to warn folks of poor road surfaces, but if the worst should happen, I hit a pothole and go down or even if I hit a pothole and it damages my bike and I was travelling faster than the advised 15mph where would liability lie?

In my opinion riding at 15mph on the M48 will get you killed.

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[trafford davies]

Well done. Best advise here is probably to choose a lawyer who works for you & not just to earn fees.