Should Mr X make a personal injury claim?
The world of celebrity near-miss accidents and personal injury claims has been fairly quiet this week. No film set mishaps, catwalk catastrophes or car accidents where members of the public suffering whiplash make claims for compensation because they think the actor/actress/film star/politician can well-afford it. Of course sport’s injuries hit the headlines with perfunctory regularity, but many of these are due to the nature of the activities involved and, unless a malicious tackle or faulty piece of equipment has been involved, the scope for the involvement of a personal injury solicitor is usually fairly limited. One would imagine that any film star performing a scene in a dangerous situation such as “rioting crowd scene” would have fairly sizeable insurance policies covering them for occasions where they suffer a broken bone, gashed limb or an unsightly bump on the noggin, and of course, the use of stunt doubles would obviously be the choice of any litigation conscious producer. An
