A woman has finally won compensation for the death of her husband and step-daughter in a car crash in Belgium following an eight year legal battle. Alain Schmit, 53, was driving in the Arlon area in February 2015 when he was involved in a collision with another driver.
The driver was found to be speeding, and Alain and his 18-year-old daughter Amandine, a passenger in his car, were taken to hospital by ambulance. Following the collision, Alain’s widow Deborah Wood, 59, instructed specialist lawyers at Irwin Mitchell to help investigate what happened.
Eight years on, a judgment handed down by the High Court on Friday concluded that the other driver was also responsible for the collision. This was despite previous judgments in the Belgian Courts which placed all of the blame on Alain - and, as a result, Deborah was awarded a five figure sum.
