Love it when these chancers are caught out

rob316

Mother who put her children in Tesco trolley which toppled loses €60,000 damages claim

A MOTHER WHO overloaded her shopping trolley with her children and injured herself in a fall has lost a €60,000 damages claim against her local Tesco.


Forensic engineer Stephen Mooney told Judge James O’Donohoe in the Circuit Civil court yesterday that by putting her children, aged three and six, on the trolley Patricia Martin had destabilised it and caused it to topple.

Martin claimed she had injured both her knees and her left thigh when the trolley knocked her down while she tried to protect her two children from hitting the trolley ramp.

She told the court that she had carried out a shopping at Tesco, Churchview Road, Ballybrack, Co Dublin, in July 2014 and was leaving the store with her goods, and her three-year-old son and six-year-old daughter seated on the trolley, when the accident happened

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/national/mother-who-put-her-children-in-tesco-trolley-which-toppled-loses-%e2%82%ac60000-damages-claim/ar-BBujRNZ?li=BBrdZor&ocid=spartanntp


Thought she could claim 60K for overloading her trolley after it toppled over. Landed with a hefty legal bill instead.

Winterlong

The trolley hit the ramp sideways too....

I doubt these legal bills will ever be paid though....

smash

I get the feeling that the tax payer will be picking up her legal bill.

Deedeemazzy

"A MOTHER WHO overloaded her shopping trolley with her children"

How many children can fit INTO a shopping trolley anyway.

andekwarhola

Deedeemazzy wrote: »

How many children can fit INTO a shopping trolley anyway.

I've managed to get 3 (my kids and a niece) in one , plus a bit of shopping, before.

Under the proviso, however, that if they break their necks when we're having fun, I won't try to hold Tesco responsible.

Deedeemazzy

andekwarhola wrote: »

I've managed to get 3 (my kids and a niece) in one , plus a bit of shopping, before.

Under the proviso, however, that if they break their necks when we're having fun, I won't try to hold Tesco responsible.

From looking at the trolleys, it looks to me like only one little person should be put in with their little legs out.... but hey what would I know!

Elliott S

Dimwit just didn't stop to think that the trolley's designers would have calculated maximum loads. And probably thought that because children were involved, it was a surefire win.

Static Control

She looks like the upstanding type alright..

GrumpyMe

Deedeemazzy wrote: »

From looking at the trolleys, it looks to me like only one little person should be put in with their little legs out.... but hey what would I know!

"...He said the trolley provided seating for two toddlers of a combined weight of no more than 19 kilos but, between them, Martin’s two children weighed 36 kilos, just under twice the recommended weight maximum..."

SEPT 23 1989

they needed a Forensic engineer to be paid to come to court to tell them that fact:D

Galwayguy35

What the fook was a 6 year old doing in a trolley anyway?

Delighted she lost the case and had to pay her own costs.

Outlaw Pete

Static Control wrote: »

She looks like the upstanding type alright..

Did your copy of the article have a pic of her?

Kimbot

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Did your copy of the article have a pic of her?

I was wondering the same

AudreyHepburn

And this folks is the reason why Insurance premiums are through the roof.

Delighted she lost. Why can't accidents just be accidents anymore? Does personal responsibility mean nothing?

Wibbs

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

Why can't accidents just be accidents anymore? Does personal responsibility mean nothing?

Are you insane!! It's always someone else's fault. :eek: :D

nkav86

Was delighted when I saw that story, way too many people mistaking lack of personal common sense and judgement for a company's negligence

Winterlong

Look, this clearly is not her fault.

She cannot be held responsible for the laws of physics and the existence of gravity.
Suing God is the next step.

SOMEONE IS GOING TO PAY!

Maximus Alexander

Static Control wrote: »

She looks like the upstanding type alright..

Or, in this case, the falldowning type.

Right guys?

Kimbot

Wibbs wrote: »

Are you insane!! It's always someone else's fault. :eek: :D

Wibbs.... its all your fault that my lunch didnt fill me up today..........

MarkR

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Did your copy of the article have a pic of her?

This article has a picture. I wonder was it taken before, or after she lost?

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/mother-who-put-children-in-shopping-trolley-loses-damages-claim-744733.html

davo10

I remember a thread in Legal Discussion a couple of years ago where the op asked if he/she was entitled to compensation for a burn suffered when passing a hand over the spout of a kettle which had just boiled.

valoren

If you fall on the ground, stay down, until the ambulance comes.

The credo of the compo claimers.

VinLieger

Ballybrack tesco, unsurprised

davo10

davo10 wrote: »

I remember a thread in Legal Discussion a couple of years ago where the op asked if he/she was entitled to compensation for a burn suffered when passing a hand over the spout of a kettle which had just boiled.

Mother of God

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=87991086

B.A._Baracus

I would hate to run a bricks and mortar type business these days.
The 'compo-culture' is mental. We've all heard of the classic drop an egg then do a lap around the Isle only to slip on the egg 'you didn't see' - it's madness.

Kind of feels like everything is slowly becoming a sue culture... You could sack a lazy git of an employee only for them to scream 'unfair dismissal!' rather than realise why they really got the axe :pac:

Sue sue sue :pac:

Lady is a tramp

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Mother of God

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=87991086

Oh wow that is quality!

Yes I understand that. But my question is: I go into the kitchen, see the kettle, touch it and get my hand burnt to bits. Can I complain to them. Yes or No? It's a friendly looking appliance that is designed to sit out in the kitchen.
I understand if you say, no I have no case. But don't mock me, I am not dumb.

Brilliant!!!

Jimmy Garlic

These kind of people are almost as s(ummy as the legal parasites that encourage them.

boombang

smash wrote: »

I get the feeling that the tax payer will be picking up her legal bill.

I think a great way of sorting this stupid shíte out is to oblige her legal firm to pay Tesco's costs. I think that would put a real chill on fraudulent claims. However, I know it's never going to come to pass as the legal system is going to protect the gravy train.

Jimmy Garlic

boombang wrote: »

the legal system is going to protect the gravy train.

And this is the main problem. Compo culture is a huge money racket for the legal eagles, they encourage it to the hilt. There are plenty that take on cases knowing damn well that they are contrived and fraudulent.

DEFTLEFTHAND

smash wrote: »

I get the feeling that the tax payer will be picking up her legal bill.

It's quite rare to be granted Free Legal Aid in civil actions.

The likelihood here is that her solicitor will get done.

ando

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Mother of God

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=87991086

Funniest thread I've read in years!! Reminds me of when I heard about a girl putting her hand into a hot deep fat fryer to see if it was hot enough for her chips... :eek:

Kimbot

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Mother of God

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=87991086

Thank you, you have just made me p!$$ myself :pac:

davo10

There was a case a few months ago where an experienced hill walker sued Wicklow CoCo (I think) because she slipped and fell, cutting her knee. She got a huge pay out. I remember reading it thinking that if you walk in the hills in our wet climate, slipping is a distinct possibility.

Also, there seems to be a raft of gardai claiming compensation for pshychological trauma as a result of getting a slap while doing their job. Personally I would have thought that this is an inherent risk of the job. A close friend is a Garda and he said one of the joys of the job is being able to tackle a scum bag in self defence, he would be embarrassed to make a claim if he got a slap from a young pup.

rob316

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Mother of God

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=87991086

Oh my god that's just too good.

boombang

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

It's quite rare to be granted Free Legal Aid in civil actions.

The likelihood here is that her solicitor will get done.

I did not know this. This is encouraging to hear.

yosser hughes

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

It's quite rare to be granted Free Legal Aid in civil actions.

The likelihood here is that her solicitor will get done.

Yep, unlikely free legal aid involved. The solicitor will have taken it as no win no fee, even though they're not supposed to as far as I know.
The legal profession are to blame in my opinion. They are responsible for rising insurance and seriously need to be reformed.

davo10

Another beauty a while back, a mother who won compensation because the elastic on her toddler's pants were too tight, fat baby or mummy should have bought bigger pants?

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/17k-for-baby-marked-by-elastic-on-designer-pants-383666.html

neris

shes from ballybrack, enough said

BraveDonut

neris wrote: »

shes from ballybrack, enough said

Right.....because everyone from Ballybrack engages in compo culture :rolleyes:

endacl

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Did your copy of the article have a pic of her?

http://media.central.ie/media/images/p/PatrciaMartinCourt13072016_large.jpg

Elliott S

endacl wrote: »

http://media.central.ie/media/images/p/PatrciaMartinCourt13072016_large.jpg

Oh right. Her appearance tells me nothing.

DEFTLEFTHAND

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

It's quite rare to be granted Free Legal Aid in civil actions.

The likelihood here is that her solicitor will get done.

And the other side?

Who's going to pay Tesco's legal bills?

Them or their insurance company

(plainspeak: you & I)

endacl

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Mother of God

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=87991086

I pulled a full kettle of freshly boiled water down over myself just over forty years ago, when I was about 16 months old. The boiling water pooled in one of those over-the-nappy-plastic-pants that were all the rage back then. I spent months face-down in a cot in Crumlin hospital, and got extensive skin grafts, which I managed to scratch away before they'd healed, because a kindly young nurse thought my restraints were too tight, and loosened them a bit. Cue more skin grafts. And significant scarring to this day.

So, if it's not too late, should I sue:
(A) The kettle company, for making the kettle,
(B) The auld fella, for boiling the kettle,
(C) The plastic pants manufacturer (this may be more on the grounds of taste),
(D) the young nurse, (genuine mistake - sh1t happens)
(E) myself, for yanking on the kettle cord and going the scratching,

Or

(F) all of the above?

We were made of hardier stuff back then, it seems...

endacl

endacl wrote: »

I pulled a full kettle of freshly boiled water down over myself just over forty years ago, when I was about 16 months old. The boiling water pooled in one of those over-the-nappy-plastic-pants that were all the rage back then. I spent months face-down in a cot in Crumlin hospital, and got extensive skin grafts, which I managed to scratch away before they'd healed, because a kindly young nurse thought my restraints were too tight, and loosened them a bit. Cue more skin grafts. And significant scarring to this day.

So, if it's not too late, should I sue:
(A) The kettle company, for making the kettle,
(B) The auld fella, for boiling the kettle,
(C) The plastic pants manufacturer (this may be more on the grounds of taste),
(D) the young nurse, (genuine mistake - sh1t happens)
(E) myself, for yanking on the kettle cord and going the scratching,

Or

(F) all of the above?

We were made of hardier stuff back then, it seems...

I know you're being sarcastic, but a lawyer would tell you that you should have sued your Dad.

In another thread I mentioned Moynihan v Moynihan, a famous Irish case where the parents of a toddler successfully sued the child's grandmother (i.e. their own mother) after the toddler scalded herself with a teapot.

The child's mum was helping the granny do the washing up, but the accident happened in granny's house, so granny was successfully sued.

Tell your father he owes you one*



*one hundred thousand euro

endacl

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I know you're being sarcastic, but a lawyer would tell you that you should have sued your Dad.

In another thread I mentioned Moynihan v Moynihan, a famous Irish case where the parents of a toddler successfully sued the child's grandmother (i.e. their own mother) after the toddler scalded herself with a teapot.

The child's mum was helping the granny do the washing up, but the accident happened in granny's house, so granny was successfully sued.

Tell your father he owes you one*



*one hundred thousand euro

He bought me my first legal pint. I'd say we're quits.

FAILSAFE 00

Wibbs wrote: »

Are you insane!! It's always someone else's fault. :eek: :D

I fell over while reading your post

See you in court mofo :P

Lady is a tramp

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I know you're being sarcastic, but a lawyer would tell you that you should have sued your Dad.

In another thread I mentioned Moynihan v Moynihan, a famous Irish case where the parents of a toddler successfully sued the child's grandmother (i.e. their own mother) after the toddler scalded herself with a teapot.

The child's mum was helping the granny do the washing up, but the accident happened in granny's house, so granny was successfully sued.

Tell your father he owes you one*



*one hundred thousand euro

Yeah I remember a friend of mine from school was in a car accident, her mum was driving. Her dad sued her mum on his daughter's behalf, they got a very decent payout for fairly minor injuries!

davo10

Sorry guys, this one is a winner, granted it was in the US where they are gun toting psychopaths but the aunt who sued her 8 year old nephew for jumping into her arms with excitement and injured her is a special kind of retard.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/13/woman-sues-11-year-old-nephew-hug-broke-wrist.

Allyall

davo10 wrote: »

Sorry guys, this one is a winner, granted it was in the US where they are gun toting psychopaths but the aunt who sued her 8 year old nephew for jumping into her arms with excitement and injured her is a special kind of retard.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/13/woman-sues-11-year-old-nephew-hug-broke-wrist.

“I was at a party recently, and it was difficult to hold my hors d’oeuvre plate,” she reportedly said.

You can't help but admire her for that.. :pac:

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Oh no. How terrible
How are they going to get to Santa ponzit now?

AudreyHepburn

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

And this folks is the reason why Insurance premiums are through the roof.

Delighted she lost. Why can't accidents just be accidents anymore? Does personal responsibility mean nothing?

Unscrupulous no win-no fee ambulance chasing solicitors combined with greed and generation 'me' arséholes. And poor judgements in court too.