Interesting yet tragic personal injury claim

In a case which has been in the press this week, a Ferrari dealership technician, Stephen Harris, who as part of his role needed to test performance of clients’ car, was paralysed in an accident when driving at way above the speed limit for a minor road.

The case turns on a dispute over whether Mr Harris was instructed to test the Ferrari by driving it at excess speed or whether he chose to do this. He also claims negligence in that due to the nature of testing performance of a high performance vehicle, this is not possible on a normal road and therefore the assertion is that such testing should be organized on a test track. There seems to be some logic to this and if Mr Harris succeeds in his claim, garage owners who deal with high performance crash that need to be road tested will need to make arrangements to do so other than on public roads.