For his latest case analysis, Jim Hester considers the decision in Colizzi v Coulson and UK Insurance Ltd [2024] EWHC 1956 (KB), a case involving a pedestrian claimant who was seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle.
This case highlights what is so often the case in RTA cases, and indeed in many personal injury cases, that witnesses’ evidence may differ, despite having been in a near identical position when viewing the same events. This is most starkly set out at paragraph 154 of the Judgment:
“Where this leaves me is with two witnesses who were literally sitting side by side witnessing the same incident, and who have then given different evidence on a central and crucial matter.”
To read more, visit: https://www.parklaneplowden.co.uk/colizzi-v-coulson-and-uk-insurance-ltd/
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