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A bus accident claim has been lodged at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, with the claimants and the relatives of a man who died in a Scottish bus-lorry collision, seeking compensation in excess of £2 million.
The deceased man, a mechanic, had been a passenger on a bus when it was carrying out braking tests in a controlled environment. Tragically, the test went wrong, with the bus crashing into a stationary lorry trailer, throwing the man forward and causing him instant fatal injuries.
The defendant in the case has been named as the bus driver and a haulage firm. Twelve claimants have been named in the bus accident claim, including the deceased man's wife, their children, his siblings, his mother and his stepfather. They are seeking sums ranging from £20,000 to £750,000.
The court heard that lawyers representing the defendants had initially contested the involvement of at least one of the claimants in the bus accident claim only for their argument to be quashed by the judge.
The no win, no fee solicitor representing the claimants hopes to secure a portion of the compensation from the haulage firm on the grounds that the lorry driver is "wholly or at least partly to blame for the accident because he left the trailer parked in a dangerous position on the night before the accident".
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