Two schoolgirls are being sued for personal injury compensation by a biker who was severely injured in a road traffic accident, after he blamed them for causing the accident.
Back in 2008, motorcyclist Dennis Porter was injured in the accident. Newspapers report that he was riding his motorcycle through the streets of Hackbridge at the time.
The two 15 year old schoolgirls (who are now 19) had recently disembarked off the bus home from school. At the High Court in London, a writ issued states that they did not use the pedestrian crossing further up the road, but tried to cross the road in between slow moving traffic instead.
Travelling within the speed limit, Mr Porter came round a bend in the road before he saw the girls in the road. He braked and successfully swerved to avoid hitting them. However, the swerve caused him to fall from the bike into the path of an oncoming Ford Transit van, which ran over him. He suffered a devastating injury in the collision, which has left him paralysed and quadriplegic.
The writ accuses the girls of failing to cross the road safely, and walking into the path of a motorcycle. Besides, it states that Mr Watts is seeking personal injury compensation of more than £300,000 for his injuries.