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Parents to sue insurance company in cyclist's death crash
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by Beaulieu | August 22, 2009 at 05:19 am
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The Hong Kong parents whose son was crushed by a truck in 2007 plan to sue an insurance company for' loss of earnings' in a landmark case as it is tradition for children to support their parents.
This will be an interesting case.
One would have thought, however, in view of the importance, that the parents could have taken out a life insurance policy on their son. Did the son not have travel insurance? What would happen if he just died of natural causes?
As he was a student, who knows what job he would have had in the furture and in a recession, maybe he would have had to take anything, not necessarily 'the job of his dreams'. Clearly, of course, he had a lot of 'value'.
The accident happened in 2007, perhaps there would be a 'time limit' in this type of case anyway.
I like to think that they can gain from it, but I suppose 'it's all down to the small print'.
The parents of an Oxford University student killed by a bin lorry are seeking compensation in a landmark case.
They are claiming the death of their son has robbed them of financial security in their old age.
Tsz Fok, an engineering undergraduate, was knocked off his bicycle and crushed to death in 2007.
His parents, King and Anna Fok, are now suing an insurance company for 'loss of earnings' because they claim their 21-year- old son was going to support them in the future.
If their compensation claim is successful, it will be a legal first in Britain.
The truck driver who crushed the cyclist was just banned from driving for eight months, and fined £500 for careless driving. He was not sent to jail. A typical soft sentence for a motorist who killed someone.
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at 07:16 on August 22nd, 2009
In the UK, there is a Victim Compensation Scheme but I will check with the police for more information on this, as there maybe 'time limits' and 'only certain people' can qualify. I will have to see if it applies to road accident violence.