Our client, aged 82 years, suffered significant injuries when he was knocked over when crossing the road outside his home.
The Defendant was making a right-hand turn into the road where our client was crossing. There was very little witness evidence. A driver approaching the scene confirmed the car was turning and hit our client causing him to ‘fly’ across the bonnet. Liability was denied on the basis that the area was poorly lit and the Defendant could not see our client. The police attended and our client, unconscious at this time, was taken to hospital and admitted to intensive care. He suffered right-sided subarachnoid haemorrhage, right-frontal lobe contusions, basal skull fractures and loss of sight in his right eye. He was not able to return home where he had lived with his wife. He now lives in a nursing home.
