it's one of those things where the punishment doesn't fit the crime, i guess
i used to do insurance law and nearly all the road traffic accidents had reductions for contributory negligence like this. some of them were awful, especially the ladbroke rail disaster claims. i moved to property in the end because it was just too distressing for my feeble brain.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 7 Aug 2012, 10:41, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

true,
but i am of the feeling that if you get on a motorbike, especially a big sports bike, you will very possibly be maimed or die because of the smallest mistake, so don't act the prick, but yeah, it seems a little harsh to lose a leg showing off.
what was the ladbroke claims thing?
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 7 Aug 2012, 10:48, Reply)

he should have had a bit of a scare; losing a leg is way harsh
we acted for the insurers who had to pay out following the ladbroke grove train crash, where a passenger train hit a tube train because the driver ran a red light. by the time i got involved the claims were mostly settled, just the really big ones left, ie the ones who were getting multi-million payouts for the kind of injuries that really and truthfully made you wonder if they would have been better off dead. it was harrowing stuff. in fact, to give it a bit more context, my client was a "third tier" insurer, so they'd burned through the first £100,000,000 by the time we got involved.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladbroke_Grove_rail_crash
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 7 Aug 2012, 10:55, Reply)

crikey,
i don't remember that, but it sounds horrific
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 7 Aug 2012, 11:10, Reply)