Westmeath woman who sued husband awarded over €16k

FicheCuig

A WOMAN has been awarded €16,200 by the High Court after she was injured when a car being driven by her husband rear-ended another car
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irishindo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stBGj47j0bE

kona

G.o.l.d d.i.g.g.i.n.g w.h.o.r.......E

delta_bravo

I presume she claimed off his insurance which has to cover passengers injuries . This is fairly common.

FicheCuig

delta_bravo wrote: »

I presume she claimed off his insurance which has to cover passengers injuries . This is fairly common.

Liberty Insurance

delta_bravo

Also it's people like her that is why insurance is so high here.

TheBody

Sounds like she has learned to work the system nicely.

FicheCuig

delta_bravo wrote: »

Also it's people like her that is why insurance is so high here.

You don't think that 16K is fair compensation for not being able to go shopping that day?

Gatling

Wtf that's worse than drunk slane girl who impaled herself

No damage other than a bump ,husbands car had previous damage no proof of speed ,nobody else injured multiple passages in both cars ,and a previous payout for a similar accident ,

Honestly where do they find these judges

TheBody

Gatling wrote: »

Wtf that's worse than drunk slane girl who impaled herself

No damage other than a bump ,husbands car had previous damage no proof of speed ,nobody else injured multiple passages in both cars ,and a previous payout for a similar accident ,

Honestly where do they find these judges

They really are having a laugh.

The Backwards Man

FicheCuig wrote: »

Liberty Insurance

Doesn't matter who the company is, they will all pay out if they deem everything to be above board.

RobbingBandit

FicheCuig wrote: »

You don't think that 16K is fair compensation for not being able to go shopping that day?

All depends what kind of shopping was planned, if it was shoe shopping she should have got millions. :P

131spanner

Get down girl, go 'head get down.

Sir Osis of Liver.

She seems fond of being rear-ended.

FicheCuig

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Doesn't matter who the company is, they will all pay out if they deem everything to be above board.

They will pay out because of the court ruling; not because they deemed everything to be "above board".

Micky Dolenz

She took Liberty there.

mikemac1

She agreed she had a similar claim to this one 14 years ago but did not remember the details of it.

Hmmmmm.....

She seems to have an awful run of luck that she has to sue drivers multiple times

The Backwards Man

FicheCuig wrote: »

They will pay out because of the court ruling; not because they deemed everything to be "above board".

The court awarded the money based on the evidence submitted. If you have evidence to the contrary of that submitted then you should submit that to the relevant authority and redress the miscarriage of justice you obviously believe has taken place.

Santa Cruz

131spanner wrote: »

Get down girl, go 'head get down.

He mustn't have had his eyes on the road. What was she wearing?

FicheCuig

The Backwards Man wrote: »

The court awarded the money based on the evidence submitted. If you have evidence to the contrary of that submitted then you should submit that to the relevant authority and redress the miscarriage of justice you obviously believe has taken place.

Apologies for correcting the error in your post. I didn't think you'd take it so bad!

RobbingBandit

Santa Cruz wrote: »

He mustn't have had his eyes on the road. What was she wearing?

Woman's intuition.

The Backwards Man

FicheCuig wrote: »

Apologies for correcting the error in your post. I didn't think you'd take it so bad!

No need to apologise.;)

maxwell smart

mikemac1 wrote: »

Hmmmmm.....

She seems to have an awful run of luck that she has to sue drivers multiple times

Obviously the previous bang affected her memory, poor dear

131spanner

Santa Cruz wrote: »

What was she wearing?

Baby Louis Vuitton under her underarm

yawhat!

She doesn't like it up the rear

mikom

Julia Ward (31), Blackberry Lane, Athlone, Co Westmeath.... did not know what speed her husband was travelling at.

I loled

She agreed she had a similar claim to this one 14 years ago but did not remember the details of it.

I sighed.

WilyCoyote

Motor assessor Martin Nagle, who examined both cars a few days after the accident for Liberty Insurance, said the damage to the Ford Fiesta was the type one might get when you bump another vehicle while parking.

Some of the damage on the Ward's Hyundai seemed to be older than a few days, he said.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5ybcVs8N-g

Czarcasm

Story reminds me of this from a few years back:

cletus van damme

her surname is ward.....just saying....:pac:

veryangryman

cletus van damme wrote: »

her surname is ward.....just saying....:pac:

+1

cletus van damme

The Backwards Man wrote: »

The court awarded the money based on the evidence submitted. If you have evidence to the contrary of that submitted then you should submit that to the relevant authority and redress the miscarriage of justice you obviously believe has taken place.

based on the evidence in the article it reads like a scam.

Too may loose ends and unknowns. the judge erred badly imo

sillyoulfool

cletus van damme wrote: »

her surname is ward.....just saying....:pac:

?

pawrick

There are often interesting stories on the local papers from that lane involving a few select families. Few years back for example there was a car chase with gardai and the different families involved when someone stole a wedding cake on the wedding day.

RobbingBandit

sillyoulfool wrote: »

?

I think the poster is implying the lady is of the type of peoples that have wheels on their houses.

thalia_13

cletus van damme wrote: »

her surname is ward.....just saying....:pac:

Blackberry Lane gives more away!

Femme_Fatale

Ah jeez Ward isn't just a traveller name.

mikom

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Ah jeez Ward isn't just a traveller name.

Have you seen the pic?

sillyoulfool

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Ah jeez Ward isn't just a traveller name.

A quick Google street view of Blackberry Lane would indicate that it is indeed Traveller accommodation, and a google search for Blackberry Lane Athlone brings up some great stories.

mikom

sillyoulfool wrote: »

a google search for Blackberry Lane Athlone brings up some great stories.

I like this one........

Armed gardaí required at Athlone court for Traveller feud hearing

Mullingar Advertiser, January 13, 2012.
Finian Coghlan


Upwards of 20 gardaí, including an armed response unit, were present to maintain order as the latest seven protagonists in the ongoing Joyce-Ward feud went before the District Court on Wednesday (January 11).



The feud is believed to have escalated over a damaged headstone in Coosan cemetery in October 2010, and has seen at least 10 incidents brought to Garda attention in the last two years.

The most serious of these have included shots fired at a home in Blackberry Lane in September 2010; a mass brawl on the old Athlone-Moate Road at Creggan in November 2010 which resulted in the closure of both carriageways; an attack on the Joyce homestead in Farnagh in October 2010, for which six of the Ward clan are due to appear at Mullingar Circuit Court next month; and an assault on a woman on Northgate Street the day after that.

RobbingBandit

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Ah jeez Ward isn't just a traveller name.

No it's not but it prominently is, anyone remember the guy on XFactor Shane Ward, lots of rags linked him to Irish Travellers, what's in a name though, the Reform Alliance party are still Fine Gael by any other name.;)

El Guapo!

MOD: Whether the woman is a traveller or not is irrelevant to the story. Do not turn this into a traveller bashing thread.

RobbingBandit

Sorry I may have opened the flood gates, no offence meant.

sillyoulfool

RobbingBandit wrote: »

what's in a name though, the Reform Alliance party are still Fine Gael Opus Dei,by any other name.;)

Fixed your post:D

washman3

Another fine example of the Banana Republic we are living in.
How any judge could rule in favour of this beggers belief.
Did the insurance company not contest this.? or is it just a case of €16k being the magical figure they assume will encourage people to 'just go away'

Scotty P

I bet they have the following on repeat down Blackberry Lane tonight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifO7AwBtNjE

Avien

washman3 wrote: »

Another fine example of the Banana Republic we are living in.
How any judge could rule in favour of this beggers belief.
Did the insurance company not contest this.? or is it just a case of €16k being the magical figure they assume will encourage people to 'just go away'

The fact that this was awarded by a court and that the insurer had a motor assessor give evidence regarding a light impact and her previous claim 14 years ago would seem to indicate that they were challenging this. Even more so, the case was thrown out in the circuit court, so clearly the high court felt the circuit court got it wrong:rolleyes: