Matthew Buck was cycling home from a trip to the supermarket in April 2011 when the seat clamp on his bicycle snapped as he was travelling at about 15mph, according to his solicitors Irwin Mitchell.
A spokesman for the firm said: “The fault caused Matthew to lose balance and fall whilst still on his bike, trapping his left leg and exposing him to oncoming traffic in the middle of the road with one car missing his head by only two to three feet.”
The accident caused neck injuries that took 11 weeks and a month of physiotherapy to recover from as well as “severe” cuts and bruises.
Mr Buck, 41, of London Road, Portsmouth, also suffered from the psychological trauma, which led to five weeks of insomnia as he had flashbacks and memories of the crash and traffic
Genuinely can’t think how a snapped seat clamp (or anything that could be called one, however incorrectly) could cause ones leg to be trapped, if riding correctly?
Stephanie Whatmore, a specialist personal injury lawyer at Irwin Mitchell,
Ah, I see.
Methinks they’ve settled just to avoid the legal costs, even if they got them back later, by winning