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Car crash the evening before my daughter's wedding caused injury and also loss of enjoyment of her big day: will we receive enhanced compensation as a result?
I was driving along a main road when, without any warning, a car pulled out of a garage and hit the rear of my car sending it into the path of oncoming traffic which resulted in my car having a head-on collision with a transit van. The other driver has admitted liability. I suffered badly gashed legs, bruised face and a fractured sternum and am likely to be off work for at least 6 weeks. My daughter, who was a passenger in my car, suffered a bad seat-belt burn on her neck and whiplash injury. All this happened the evening before her wedding! Although I understand there are 'set' amounts for whiplash and sternum injuries, can we claim for loss of enjoyment of the wedding day? We were both determined to go ahead with everything as planned and make the best of things, which we managed to do to some extent with the help of lots of painkillers! Nothing can bring that day back for either of us but how can we put a value on such a day?
When your compensation is assessed it should take account of all of the circumstances.
Although compensation is referred to as being for injuries, the correct definition is for "pain, suffering and loss of amenity". Loss of amenity in your case should attract a higher figure.
If injuries were apparent in wedding photos this should be used as evidence, especially in your daughters case.
In any event we would expect to see an enhancement of normal levels of compensation for your injuries of between 10% and 25%.
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