Serial litigant gets 40k for chip slip

henryporter

Further to the earlier thread - a nice days earner. A whole annual salary for not watching where she was going. ‪ https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/woman-who-slipped-on-chip-awarded-40-000-1.3089556?mode=amp&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter‬
I despair at the legal system in this country- solicitors aiding and abetting crooks are just crooks too

andekwarhola

I'm astounded that any chip in her immediate vicinity remained uneaten long enough for her to slip on.

Noveight

She claims a chip was allowed to remain on the floor of the food court and there was an alleged failure to warn her of the danger posed by the chip

This shíte just writes itself.

"Watch that chip over there Lina, he's shady as fúck"

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How many Bags of chips can you get for 40k ?

Galwayguy35

Compo culture is getting out of control in this country.

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Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Compo culture is getting out of control in this country.

Why is that when did that happen?

The_Valeyard

WHAT!

I was convinced there was zero chance of her winning this. The mind just baffles. How???


Off to find some chips to slip on.

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The Solicitors in this case got payed As well a ball of Money bet the Legal cost was more than 100k .

Senna

Insurnace rates for every person in the country are sky rocketing because of silly bints like her who what someone to blame for their own stupidity.

tayto lover

40K is a nice little earner.
And 10K previously for another slip in Lidl.

She'll be dining out on this for awhile more.

bucketybuck

I saw the earlier thread and would have bet money that there was no way this bull**** would ever have won in court.

This country deserves everything it gets.

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please helpThank YOU wrote: »

The Solicitors in this case got payed As well a ball of Money bet the Legal cost was more than 100k .

Costs were measured on the Circuit Court scale so the total costs won't be anything next or near that.

pickarooney

tayto lover wrote: »

40K is a nice little earner.
And 10K previously for another slip in Lidl.

She'll be dining out on this for awhile more.

In restaurants with hidden table legs.

Barry Badrinath

She's the Queens of compo culture but schure, her face was Kerrs Pink being snapped by the media.

Is it any Golden Wonder though? Just for the Record, I think serial claimers should get mashed in the courts and we shouldnt be classed as having a chip on our shoulder for hating her.

These people are a Blight on the nation.

thebaz

shame on Justice Cross for falling for such utter nonsense - judges should be accountable for such stupidity

suicide_circus

Victory for stupid

greencap

thebaz wrote: »

shame on Justice Cross for falling for such utter nonsense - judges should be accountable for such stupidity

ah he just slipped up on this one.

Senna

She only won €10k last time, she probably knew to have a better excuse this time.

Also, for everyone of these cases that makes it to court, there are 10's of not 100's of cases settled out of court. My last employer had a case against him of a drunk woman who decided to walk up a very steep grass bank rather than taking the footpath, she fell, broke a bone and then put in a case that it happened on the dance floor. Load of people seen it and employer told insurance company that their was witnesses, but they still paid out about €15k.

thebaz

greencap wrote: »

ah he just slipped up on this one.

forgot judges are above the law , literally can do what they want to us lesser plebs

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Deleted User wrote: »

Costs were measured on the Circuit Court scale so the total costs won't be anything next or near that.

Conor74 how much would the `Solicitors have got in `Legal fees and cost ?.

suicide_circus

Could businesses legally refuse her admission on the grounds that they can't guarantee her safety due to her propensity to have expensive accidents?

r3nu4l

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

She's the Queens of compo culture but schure, her face was Kerrs Pink being snapped by the media.

Is it any Golden Wonder though? Just for the Record, I think serial claimers should get mashed in the courts and we shouldnt be classed as having a chip on our shoulder for hating her.

These people are a Blight on the nation.

Bravo Sir! You gave her a good roasting for sure

thebaz

suicide_circus wrote: »

Could businesses legally refuse her admission on the grounds that they can't guarantee her safety due to her propensity to have expensive accidents?

ya joking ??? - you'd be up in court in the morning for discrimination and stress and what not - 100k for that

suicide_circus

thebaz wrote: »

ya joking ??? - you'd be up in court in the morning for discrimination and stress and what not - 100k for that

Discrimination can only be based on gender, age, race etc

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40 K is nothing `Compared to this case. Limerick Physiotherapiist `Awarded 1 Million euros in damages Nilofar ms Ikram of Dooradoyle Limerick after slip on icy steps . Irish Independent 27 feb 2014. so one Women get 1 `Million ` for a fall another Women gets just 40k

MyStubbleItches

please helpThank YOU wrote: »

40 K is nothing `Compared to this case. Limerick Physiotherapiist `Awarded 1 Million euros in damages Nilofar ms Ikram of Dooradoyle Limerick after slip on icy steps . Irish Independent 27 feb 2014. so one Women get 1 `Million ` for a fall another Women gets just 40k

That makes it ok so.

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MyStubbleItches wrote: »

That makes it ok so.

40 K is peanuts when you think a women who fell in Limerick gets 1 million euros.

Are Am Eye

It says that after the injury she could not clean or hoover in her house.
A fitting end to this story would be if somebody slipped on the rubbish which she could not clean up in her own house due to the ironic injury caused by the very rubbish which caused her own injury.

Donal55

Judge found her a credable litigant??

dan1895

please helpThank YOU wrote: »

40 K is peanuts when you think a women who fell in Limerick gets 1 million euros.

Careful you don't slip on those peanuts. Salty little feckers.

dmc17

Senna wrote: »

Insurnace rates for every person in the country are sky rocketing because of silly bints like her who what someone to blame for their own stupidity.

Unfortunately she's not the silly bint. She made herself an easy 40k. It's the silly bints who award these payouts are causing our insurance to skyrocket.

ChikiChiki

Ugh, really poor outcome. I despair for Ireland. Expect similar cases.

This nonsense affects us all.

Atoms for Peace

Disgusting, how many days work did she miss over this "injury"? These payouts are insulting to the taxpayers who pay the wages of the clowns in the judiciary.

Surreptitious

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

Disgusting, how many days work did she miss over this "injury"? These payouts are insulting to the taxpayers who pay the wages of the clowns in the judiciary.

She was never mentioned as to having any kind of job only being unable to hoover and carry shopping bags.

MonkieSocks

This type of litigation clearly illustrates, that we are on a Perilous Slippery Slope to mediocracy and ambiguity of the Legal profession :mad:

BENDYBINN

dmc17 wrote: »

Unfortunately she's not the silly bint. She made herself an easy 40k. It's the silly bints who award these payouts are causing our insurance to skyrocket.

Simple case of the judge looking after his own
The solicitors take these cases on a no win no fee basis

Capt'n Midnight

Surreptitious wrote: »

She was never mentioned as to having any kind of job only being unable to hoover and carry shopping bags.

How much does a Roomba cost these days ?

And Argos will sell you a shopping trolley for €20
http://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?pp=20&s=Price%3A+Low+-+High&storeId=10152&catalogId=14551&langId=111&q=SHOPPING+TROLLEY&authToken=

Agricola

Staggering. If this had been her first offense.....maybe. But it was demonstrated she had already got a payout off the back of a fall and was congratulated for not trying to cover it up!

Surreptitious

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

How much does a Roomba cost these days ?

And Argos will sell you a shopping trolley for €20
http://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?pp=20&s=Price%3A+Low+-+High&storeId=10152&catalogId=14551&langId=111&q=SHOPPING+TROLLEY&authToken=

I agree with you. The whole thing is a joke.

Hector Bellend

I'm hopin' to get banjaxed on chips later.

Cee-Jay-Cee

The judge should be taken out into the streets and beaten to a pulp. Idiotic arse holes judges are the reason insurance and compo claims are on the rise. Every useless waster will read this story and see how easy it is to get a ball of cash for simply falling on your fat arse.

colm_mcm

How is it even plausible to slip on a single chip?

No CCTV?

Liam McPoyle

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

The judge should be taken out into the streets and beaten to a pulp. Idiotic arse holes judges are the reason insurance and compo claims are on the rise. Every useless waster will read this story and see how easy it is to get a ball of cash for simply falling on your fat arse.

There is no compensation culture in Ireland.

It's greedy insurance companies solely to blame for the spiralling premiums.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Rod Munch wrote: »

There is no compensation culture in Ireland.

It's greedy insurance companies solely to blame for the spiralling premiums.

When you read about the number of frivolous claims being successful and being awarded tens of thousands of euros you have to wonder...

colm_mcm

Rod Munch wrote: »

There is no compensation culture in Ireland.
.

There is a steady stream of newspaper stories reporting these crazy payouts, this either wasn't happening 15 years ago or it wasn't being reported.

CeilingFly

Court system is a lottery. I was in an employment appeals with a bitch of a former staff member who helped herself to goods.

Luckily her barrister did not know the vagaries of the different judges, but we got the worst one and settled for a small amount before case was heard.

If we had a different judge, - any of the other three sitting that day - my barrister would have run the case and would have been certain for a win.

Same with main compo courts - Lihane would have thrown this case out. Unfortunately the other judges simply refuse to see what's in front of their eyes.

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly

She's spectacularly ugly. She also looks to have a low intelligence quotient.

Money can't change these fundamental flaws and I almost have a degree of sympathy for the sow.

colm_mcm

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly wrote: »

She's spectacularly ugly. She also looks to have a low intelligence quotient.

She's clever enough to get two payouts for slipping on things to be fair to her so she's not that stupid.

Barry Badrinath

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly wrote: »

She's spectacularly ugly. She also looks to have a low intelligence quotient.

Money can't change these fundamental flaws and I almost have a degree of sympathy for the sow.

Shes is most certaintly not a-peel-ing.

Jaysis, a Maris Piper wouldnt take her out!

thebaz

CeilingFly wrote: »

Same with main compo courts - Lihane would have thrown this case out. Unfortunately the other judges simply refuse to see what's in front of their eyes.

well the out of touch judges need to be held accountable , like any other well paid professional - given that it is the people of Ireland who pay there wages - can a judge be struck of for poor performance ? doubt it , and if so that seams not right , given the taxpayers pay wages.

Likewise good and well performing judges should get bonuses.

nullzero

Sickening, but she'll have it all spent on chips in no time.