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Worker receives £2m over brain injury accident

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At the High Court in London a former groundsman of the Castle Combe racing track has been awarded £2m plus a £250K payment followed by an annual payment of £205K over an accident which left him brain damaged when he fell from a lorry during windy conditions while gathering metal advertising hoardings at the circuit.

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