Reply to: Seems a sabbatical is in order.

[d000hg]

I'd expect a company to be similar to a self employed person in that regard.

I may be completely misguided, but OTOH if a muppet drove their car into an Eddy Stobart lorry destroying £1 million of cargo I'm pretty sure Eddy's insurers would look to recover that loss from the other party's insurance, and I see no reason why the liability would be different if they weren't insured.

Yes, but ES has insurance on which to claim - their insurance company will pay out and it's up to them to try and reclaim it from the guilty party.

[Mich the Tester]

Cycling around the lanes by my new pad Saturday and I came around a corner, only to see a car was cutting it. Saw it a bit too late, and, well, to cut a long story short, I have a broken leg and fractured elbow. Couple of ops over the weekend and I reckon 3 - 4 months unable to operate. New gig started today too, and after 6 weeks off in France and a house move, so the coffers are low, and I get this. Hey ho, life is like this sometimes. Might give me an opportunity to sit back and think about the future for a while.

Hard luck. I sometimes think it's bound to happen to cyclists some day when I see car drivers cutting off the bends. Then I remember that when I did my driving lessons, there was actually no attention whatsoever to the line you take through a bend. Then when I did some laps of Assen on a corporate jolly, the racing driver/instructor told us all that most people steer into bends much too early and so end up on the wrong side of the road coming out of the bend. He was pretty clear about it if people got more instruction on this there'd be a lot less accidents.

Still, get back to health and your own comfortable level of insanity soon!

[moggy]

Get well soon..

[vetran]

get well soon.

plenty of time to study something new.

[FiveTimes]

Sorry to hear this OH, I hope your recovery is swift.

Are you a member of PCG ? If so dont they offer a free legal helpline ?

[bobspud]

Sorry to hear the bad news. Glad to see you are still alive could have been so much worse.

[doodab]

Doesn't being a contractor with MOO and RoS cut both ways here - you only earn £600/month or whatever as well. Shouldn't your company have insurance to protect itself against loss of income in case a key member of staff is unable to work?

Serious question...

I'd expect a company to be similar to a self employed person in that regard.

I may be completely misguided, but OTOH if a muppet drove their car into an Eddy Stobart lorry destroying £1 million of cargo I'm pretty sure Eddy's insurers would look to recover that loss from the other party's insurance, and I see no reason why the liability would be different if they weren't insured.

[eek]

That's two references to TPD I've seen recently, what is it?

http://forums.contractoruk.com/light...e-part-ii.html

A place to post any tulip you want to without boring anyone else (hint Psychocandy post there don't create new threads).

[BigRed]

That's two references to TPD I've seen recently, what is it?

[MarillionFan]

Fookin idiot cyclists.

[hyperD]

Sorry to hear that OH. Bloody nasty.

And it's a timely reminder for me (and others) to take it easy on the old motorbike (and bicycle) for those very reasons.

Hope you recover as soon as possible.

[Bunk]

Very sorry to hear that. Get well soon and sue them til their nuts fall off!

When Diver tried to cut his hand off with a saw he spent long nights on tpd while the drugs kicked in. You are always welcome there.....

Wasn't it TPD that drove him to chop his hand off in the first place?

[BrilloPad]

Very sorry to hear that. Get well soon and sue them til their nuts fall off!

When Diver tried to cut his hand off with a saw he spent long nights on tpd while the drugs kicked in. You are always welcome there.....

[d000hg]

If you have a signed contract, and enough accounts to prove your earnings history, then you should claim for loss of earnings. 3-4 months is a lot of money to let slide, especially if the warchest is depleted.

On the bright side, at least you aren't dead...

Doesn't being a contractor with MOO and RoS cut both ways here - you only earn £600/month or whatever as well. Shouldn't your company have insurance to protect itself against loss of income in case a key member of staff is unable to work?

Serious question...

[AtW]

If you have a signed contract, and enough accounts to prove your earnings history, then you should claim for loss of earnings. 3-4 months is a lot of money to let slide, especially if the warchest is depleted.

WHS

His 3rd party insurance should cover loss of earnings if it's his fault! That's genuine case to use lawyers also.