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Claim after crash at car race fails

A civil claim in the Magistrate's Court over a crash at the Lady Wigram Trophy two years earlier failed. Alison Isobel Dorn claimed 253 pounds 18 shillings from the Motor Racing Club after her car, in which she sat as a timekeeper, was hit by a Ferrari driven by Frank Shuter that spun off the back straight in wet conditions. Mr A. P. Blair, S.M., non-suited her, ruling that the club had not failed in its duty of care.

Facts

  • In 1961 at the Lady Wigram Trophy a Ferrari driven by Frank Shuter spun off the back straight and smashed into a car occupied by timekeepers; nobody was hurt.
  • In January 1963 the Magistrate's Court dismissed a 253 pounds 18 shillings claim against the Motor Racing Club arising from that crash.
Read the OCR text
30-1-63 Claim After Crash at Car Race Fails A civil claim arising from a crash during the Lady Wigram Trophy motor race two years ago failed in the Magistrate's Court yesterday. Alison Isobel Dorn claimed £253 18s from the Motor Racing Club, organiser of the meeting. Her car was badly damaged when it was smashed into by a Ferrari, driven by Frank Shuter, which had spun off the back straight, the statement of claim alleged. At the time, she was sitting in the car with her husband, named as the third party, and another man who were acting as timekeepers. Nobody was hurt. Negligence Claimed The statement of claim alleged that the club had been negligent in conducting the meeting and that the time keepers should have been moved further back irom the track because of the wet conditions- Non-suiting Mrs Dorn before hearing defence evidence and awarding • costs to the club, Mr A. P. Blair, :S.M., ruled that the club had not failed in its duty ¡of care. This was the essential ¡point on which the case turned without deciding more special points, said the Magistrate. "People who go to motorracing must be aware that if a car gets out of control extraordinary things can happen," he said. Mr J. F. Burn appeared for Mrs Dorn and Mr J. N. Matson for the club-

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