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€11.5 million settlement as a result of uninsured driver

  • 20-04-2012 12:08pm
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    Big Nasty
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    This is a very delicate one obviously!

    An uninsured mother drives across the road in to another car permanently injuring her son then claims for compensation for her son? How can that be right?

    Feel very sorry for the child though!
    The largest settlement in a personal injury case in the history of the State was agreed at the High Court when €11.5m was given to a 10-year old boy from Loughrea, Co Galway today.

    He suffered injuries in a car crash in 2008 that left him permanently confined to a wheelchair.
    Cullen Kennedy was being driven to school by his mother Margaret Kennedy on 5 May 2008.
    He was a rear seat passenger and was restrained in a booster seat.
    Margaret Kennedy suffered a momentary lapse of concentration, the car crossed the centre of the road and struck another car head-on. She was uninsured at the time.
    Cullen struck the windscreen and suffered catastrophic injuries. He is now quadriplegic, and cannot breathe without assistance from a ventilator.
    He is cared for on a 24 hour basis by his mother and maternal grandmother.
    Prior to the accident, he was described as a top of the class student who was healthy and very close to his grandparents.
    Cullen was in court this morning where Justice Mary Irvine spoke with him.
    The Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland will pay the settlement.
    Justice Irvine said it was an excellent settlement and she had never seen a better one.


    http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0420/largest-settlement-ever-in-high-court-11-5m.html


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