€38,000 for being an idiot

Kevinmarkham

Personally, this man should never be allowed to play golf again. Idiots like this give golf (and Irish insurance claims) a bad name. Damn, just broke a nail typing... who can I sue?

Golfer hurts his calf - his calf for crying out loud!

conno16

exclusive my ass..

harro prob sorted it

OilBeefHooked2

Strange that they settled out of court.

soundsham

conno16 wrote: »

exclusive my ass..

harro prob sorted it

who ?

mag

in fairness, youd want a jet ski not a buggy in stackstown though...

Mister Sifter

I take he didn't actually get 38k though? I took from reading that that he was looking for 38k, but has accepted a settlement for a sum much less.

Anyway, you're dead right Kevin... people will claim for anything these days! He wasn't a policeman by any chance was he...?!

Jaysoose

3 weeks off work with a sore calf? is the guy an olympic sprinter or something. Complete tosspot chancer funking up the insurance premiums for the rest of us.

Berti Vogts

Graeme1982 wrote: »

I take he didn't actually get 38k though? I took from reading that that he was looking for 38k, but has accepted a settlement for a sum much less.

Anyway, you're dead right Kevin... people will claim for anything these days! He wasn't a policeman by any chance was he...?!

Yes, newspapers always describe a Circuit Court case as a 38K claim even though that's the maximum that's available without going to the High Court.

Kevinmarkham

I know €38,000 isn't going his way, but is he any less of an idiot if it's just €5,000.

And what about the priest? He's very quiet in all of this. And he was driving

Morrisseeee

LOL great story, looks like it could have been an episode out of Father Ted ! You can just imagine the 3 Fathers playing/hacking their way around a golf course, than Fr. Ted Crilly conjuring up a scheme (insurance fraud) to get funds for the parish, then Fr. Jack (fcek, drink, wimmins, golf) taking off in the buggy after a wimmins four-ball drinking a bottle of TCP ! Then Fr. Dougal turns to Fr. Ted and says: "...whats a hole-in-one ?" :pac::D

Kevinmarkham

Morrisseeee wrote: »

LOL great story, looks like it could have been an episode out of Father Ted ! You can just imagine the 3 Fathers playing/hacking their way around a golf course, than Fr. Ted Crilly conjuring up a scheme (insurance fraud) to get funds for the parish, then Fr. Jack (fcek, drink, wimmins, golf) taking off in the buggy after a wimmins four-ball drinking a bottle of TCP ! Then Fr. Dougal turns to Fr. Ted and says: "...whats a hole-in-one ?" :pac::D

Nice one, but how about:
Fr. Dougal turns to Fr. Ted and says: "...what does Fr Jack mean he fancies a hole-in-one ?"

GreeBo

all joking aside, the course shouldnt allow buggys to be used if there are no appropriate paths (especially in a course like stackstown)
If you dont know the course you could end up in strange places sliding down wet slopes etc. Those buggys havent got the best grip to begin with...

If they dont want paths then just use signage to direct them (thats what we do in any areas that are steep)

Boden08

Mr. Thos Pollard ran the newsagent and sweet shop in Firhouse Shopping Centre behind the church for years but packed up when developers put apartments there.
Fr. Brian was a good character while I was there, but I'm not sure buggies would be safe on some of the Stackstown slopes or the club would never have settled out of court - wonder how much he got out of it...

Kevinmarkham

GreeBo wrote: »

all joking aside, the course shouldnt allow buggys to be used if there are no appropriate paths (especially in a course like stackstown)
If you dont know the course you could end up in strange places sliding down wet slopes etc. Those buggys havent got the best grip to begin with...

If they dont want paths then just use signage to direct them (thats what we do in any areas that are steep)

The voice of reason! True enough, Stackstown is mountainous, but so is Carne and they don't have proper paths there either - not that that's an excuse.

There is a certain amount of common sense attached to these things. If the buggy had flipped, I'd be on his side, but hurting his calf is a bit feeble.

seven-iron

moral of the story. stay away from hackstown

CLADA

Claim against Stackstown :eek:

Did anybody get the number of that mans car as he left the car park?