Van insurance news
08/10/2009

Widow hopes to secure compensation for fatal van crash

The widow of a Scottish cyclist who was a candidate for the Beijing Olympics team is making a van insurance claim for the accident which killed her husband.

Solicitors representing the 33-year-old's van insurance claim hope to secure their client around £500,000 from Highland Council.

During an action at the Court of Session Judge Lord Brailsford ruled that the case can go ahead and be heard in the civil courts. "I fully recognise it is a more speculative sort of claim than would be the case if the person was in a more mainstream sort of occupation, but that does not mean the pursuer should be disentitled to jury trial because of that," he said.

The van insurance claim is being made for loss of financial support as well as the pain and suffering caused by the cyclist's fatal collision with the Highland Council transit vehicle.