A Hampshire woman has been awarded nearly £1,000,000 in damages following injuries sustained in a car accident.
Ms Estelle Clarke, a high-flying lawyer, was compensated for her head injuries which resulted in continued post traumatic stress and further psychiatric problems forcing Ms Clarke to abandon her successful career at a London based legal firm.
Ms Clarke had been a passenger in her partner’s car when he collided into another car being driven by Karen Hobbs.
Mrs Hobbs, a young mother who worked as an estate agent, died at the scene of the crash. Her family only received £15,000 compensation following her death.
Ms Clarke’s compensation payout has caused some controversy with some readers of the Hampshire local newspaper, The Daily Echo, claiming that the payout figure is “shocking” when compared to the payout received by the Hobbs family. One reader suggested that Ms Clarke “donates” some of her award to Mrs Hobbs family, particularly as Mrs Hobbs was the mother of a child who would now be raised without her.
Other readers claim that Ms Clarke’s payout was correct as she was not to blame for the accident. She also had the right to claim for the loss of future or potential earnings as the result of her injuries and that is appropriate for Ms Clarke to receive a sum that reflected her position as a high achieving lawyer, according to some readers of the Daily Echo.
It is believed Ms Clarke’s former partner, Colin Maltby, claimed at the hearing that his vision was marred by fog whilst driving towards the junction at Cupernham Lane, Romsey, where the fatal accident occurred.
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