Man of Honour
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- 29 Mar 2003
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You'll probably think I'm lying but the biggest payout I've seen was for a mate of mine.
He was coming back from JCB on the Uttoxeter bypass on his racer and he was hit by a lorry from behind at 70mph.
He was knocked 200 yards into a layby and the lorry driver didn't even know he'd done it.
My mate suffered from two broken legs, two broken hips, 5 broken ribs, collapsed lung, 180 stitches, broken arm, 5 crushed vertebrae which had to be removed and he became 2" shorter.
He fought it for 5 years and ended up with 10 yearly payments of £30,000 each.
He'd also signed an insurance contract with JCB that if he could no longer work due to an accident to/from or in JCB that he would get 90% of his wages for life.
He also has a Navy pension that pays out on disability.
He'd give it all up though to get his 100% health back.
He was coming back from JCB on the Uttoxeter bypass on his racer and he was hit by a lorry from behind at 70mph.
He was knocked 200 yards into a layby and the lorry driver didn't even know he'd done it.
My mate suffered from two broken legs, two broken hips, 5 broken ribs, collapsed lung, 180 stitches, broken arm, 5 crushed vertebrae which had to be removed and he became 2" shorter.
He fought it for 5 years and ended up with 10 yearly payments of £30,000 each.
He'd also signed an insurance contract with JCB that if he could no longer work due to an accident to/from or in JCB that he would get 90% of his wages for life.
He also has a Navy pension that pays out on disability.
He'd give it all up though to get his 100% health back.