Highest settlement for road traffic fatality
- Title
- Highest settlement for road traffic fatality
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1991
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- Duration
- 00:02:50
- Description
- Tim Crook reports on the case of Gregory Horton(?), a distinguished spinal surgeon who was killed on 17/09/88 by dangerous driver Jamie Smart. Mr Justice McPherson has granted a settlement to his widow Helene(?) of £920,000 - the highest ever settlement for a road traffic accident. Solicitor Ian Walker speaks on behalf of the family.
- Contributors
- Ian Walker; Tim Crook
- Keywords
- Accidents; Deaths; Legal procedure; Law; Compensation; Family; Surgeons; Gregory Horton; Jamie Smart
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LBC/IRN, "Highest settlement for road traffic fatality". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0000300405023 (Accessed 02 May 2025)