Two bike riders who were involved in a serious collision on a cycle path were found to be equally to blame for the crash by a judge.
Nigel Dick and Joseph Merrick were both injured after they collided at a junction on National Cycle Route 7 and NCR75 between Linwood and Johnstone on August 26 in 2019.
Mr Dick raised an action at Scotland's highest civil court, the Court of Session in Edinburgh, seeking damages from his fellow cyclist, Mr Merrick. Lawyers for Mr Dick argued that Mr Merrick should be held as 75 per cent to blame while his counsel submitted that the claim against him should be dismissed.
"Each was travelling at about twice the safe speed for him and each completely failed, for no good reason, to take the steps necessary to observe the presence of the other until the collision was inevitable.
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